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Ukraine regional official says strike hit Wagner group headquarters



(Reuters) – A senior official in eastern Ukraine said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had attacked a hotel where members of Russia’s Wagner private military group are based, killing several people. among them.

Information in a television interview by Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, could not be verified by Reuters.

Gaidai, interviewed by Ukrainian television, said forces carried out an attack on Saturday on a hotel in the town of Kadiivka, west of the main center of the Luhansk region. Photos posted on Telegram channels show a building largely in ruins.

“They had a little explosion there, right where Wagner’s headquarters was. “A large number of people there died.”

The Russian Defense Ministry was not immediately available for comment.

Gaidai did not give a casualty figure, but he said survivors faced inadequate medical services to treat them.

“I’m sure that at least 50% of the survivors will die before they get medical care,” he said. “This is because even in our Luhansk region, they have stolen equipment.”

Some Ukrainian media quoted local officials as saying the hotel had been closed for some time.

The Wagner group is a private military contractor with close ties to the Kremlin. Its forces are known to be fighting in parts of Ukraine and have also been deployed in several African countries.

Gaidai previously reported attacks by Ukrainian forces on other targets in the Luhansk region, including Wagner’s headquarters in the town of Popasna in August.



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