'They can appear from the shadows, do very violent things and then disappear again, without it being obvious who was responsible,' these were the words used to describe the 400 mercenaries Putin assigned to assassinate the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to British media.
Last night, it was reported that more than 400 Russian mercenaries had been brought in from Africa to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Wagner Group, a private militia, is said to have received orders from Vladimir Putin to assassinate Zelensky and 23 other government officials in order for Moscow to assume control of its eastern European neighbor.
According to the Times, the army-for-hire, led by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin - a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin renowned as 'Putin's chef' - was brought in five weeks earlier and is being paid a large fee for the job.
The highly-trained agents are said to be waiting for permission from the Kremlin...