Russia has accused the head of the country’s private military company Wagner of calling for an armed mutiny.

Russia will close the consulate of Sweden and expel its diplomats in a retaliatory move.

The moves to designate the private military firm comes as these same countries, the US and the UK, used to be – and still are — the biggest employers and costumers of private military companies.

American officials have reportedly considered taking lethal action against senior officers from the Russian private military company, Wagner.

Russia claims fresh gains along the frontlines in Ukraine as the war nears its first anniversary.

The United States has designated a private Russian military company as a “significant transnational criminal organization.”

Mali’s military administrators are set to fully cut off its military cooperation with France, slamming “flagrant violations” of its national sovereignty by French forces there.

Russia denounces European Union (EU) sanctions against private Russian security company Wagner, saying the bloc ignores the sovereignty of the nations where contractors from the group are present.

Mali asks private Russian companies to help it fight against terrorism following a decision by France to reduce its military presence in the country.