The United States today imposed sanctions on the private Russian military group "Wagner", which helps the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

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The US Treasury Department said it had designated the Wagner group as a "transnational criminal organization".

This is part of Washington's actions targeting dozens of individuals and entities in an attempt to undermine Russia's ability to wage war.

"Employees of Wagner have engaged in an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity, including mass executions, rape, child abduction and physical abuse in the Central African Republic and in Mali," the department said in a statement.

The measures freeze all of Wagner's US assets and prohibit American citizens from providing the group with food, goods or services.

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The Treasury Department also imposed additional sanctions on Wagner under another executive order accusing the group of being responsible for and participating in the targeting of women, children or civilians, including through forced displacement, attacks on hospitals and the like. activities in the Central African Republic.

Washington also named other legal entities it accused of supporting Wagner's military operations.

Among them are Russia-based Terra Tech and China-based Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Research Institute.

The agency also targeted individuals and entities associated with the Russian military-industrial complex.

"Today's expanded sanctions against Wagner, as well as new sanctions against their associates and other companies assisting the Russian military industrial complex, will further hamper Vladimir Putin's ability to arm and equip his war machine," US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. .

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