The United States has made no determination the Russian private military Wagner Group is a "foreign terrorist organization," despite its ongoing actions in Ukraine, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on April 20. "We've made no such determination, and I have nothing for you to preview for you on that," Kirby told reporters. He added the paramilitary group was continuing to try to take control of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, and was continuing to "throw a lot of prisoner bodies at that fight." To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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