WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia's military in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced Friday that Treasury will designate Wagner as a significant transnational criminal organization in the coming days. The Biden administration first accused North Korea last month of providing infantry rockets and missiles to Russia. Kirby said the next day North Korea loaded those rail cars with shipping containers and the train returned to Russia. “Wagner is becoming a rival power center to the Russian military and other Russian ministries.

Source: Libya Today January 21, 2023 05:08 UTC