Calls for UK ministers to proscribe Wagner Group as terror organisation

The Wagner Group, led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been fighting bloody battles alongside the Russian President’s armed forced in areas of eastern Ukraine.

Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin is a long-time associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Labour is calling for ministers to proscribe a Russian mercenary group involved in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a terrorist organisation.

Labour said the move would make it a criminal offence to belong to the private military company, attend its meetings, encourage support or carry its logo in public.