ukrainian officials say their forces have struck the headquarters of russia s notorious wagner group in eastern ukraine, based at a hotel. wagner are state sponsored mercenaries, according to western experts. their boss was filmed earlier this year recruiting people in prisons. translation: the biggest sin is desertion. no one backs down. no one retreats. no one surrenders. the recruited prisoners were reportedly sent to fight in ukraine. hence the group has become a target and while the bbc was unable to independently verify wagner s presence at the hotel, stills shared on telegram show extensive damage to the building. our news reporter azadeh moshiri told me more about the wagner group. according to western experts, they tend to act in the kremlin s interests and do their bidding. that is naturally why they are in ukraine. they have been in other countries before as well, they were in libya, they ve been in syria
this is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines. a libyan suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. and nasa s uncrewed 0rion capsule has splashed down in the pacific, ending its three week test mission around the moon. ukrainian forces have struck a headquarters of russia s notorious wagner group in eastern ukraine based at a hotel, according to officials in the luhansk s region. wagner are state sponsored mercenaries who act in the kremlin s interests, according to western experts. their boss was filmed earlier this year recruiting russian prisoners.