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==Origins of the name==
==Origins of the name==
The name Wagner (pron: ''VAHG-nər'') is actually a tip of the hat to American military prowess depicted in the 1979 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film, ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' which uses in the film score music from Act III of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Die Walkure''<ref>[https://youtu.be/30QzJKCUekQ Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now (3/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD].</ref> (the Body Carrier) portrayal of warrior maidens carrying the bodies of slain heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla. In the 2022 Russian propaganda film, ''Scorching Sunlight'', about the origins of the [[Donbas war]] in 2014, the Wagner group suddenly appears at the end of the film without being spoken by name, to assist the [[Lugansk People's Militia]] in their war with the [[Kyiv regime]]. The closing bar's of Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' are heard playing in the background. The commander of the group holds up a book found on the body of a slain Lugansk militia fighter entitled ''Richard Wagner'' (in [[Cyrillic]]), and in response to the militia commander's question if they need anything, says "We have everything we need".<ref>[https://youtu.be/3dlb5bCoKQo Final scene ‘Scorching Sunlight’ Burning Sun with English subtitles]. The ambulance driver, a [[Soviet-Afghan war]] vet, who earlier refused to join a Donbas militia so was assigned a non-combat role, is seen picking up an [[AK-47]]. In the final shot is seen camoed out in the Wagner group.</ref>
The name Wagner (pron: ''VAHG-nər'') is actually a tip of the hat to American military prowess depicted in the 1979 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film, ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' which uses in the film score music from Act III of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Die Walkure''<ref>[https://youtu.be/30QzJKCUekQ Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now (3/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD].</ref> (the Body Carrier) portrayal of warrior maidens carrying the bodies of slain heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla. In the 2022 Russian propaganda film, ''Scorching Sunlight'', about the origins of the [[Donbas war]] in 2014, the Wagner group suddenly appears at the end of the film without being spoken by name, to assist the [[Lugansk People's Militia]] in their war with the [[Kyiv regime]]. The closing bar's of Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' are heard playing in the background. The commander of the group holds up a book found on the body of a slain Lugansk militia fighter entitled ''Richard Wagner'' (in [[Cyrillic]]), and in response to the militia commander's question if they need anything, says "We have everything we need".<ref>[https://youtu.be/3dlb5bCoKQo Final scene ‘Scorching Sunlight’ Burning Sun with English subtitles]. The ambulance driver, a [[Soviet-Afghan war]] vet, who earlier refused to join a Donbas militia so was assigned a non-combat role, is seen picking up an [[AK-47]]. In the final shot is seen camoed out in the Wagner group.</ref>
==Wagnergate scandal==
Ukraine’s military intelligence plan to kidnap 33 members of the Wagner group ended in failure. The plan was the brainchild of a joint U.S.-Ukrainian intelligence operation. Ex-Ukrainian dictator [[Petro Poroshenko]] said in a [[Facebook]] video on March 4, 2021, “The truth is that in 1918 [sic; should be 2018] I gave authorization to prepare this operation, which was the most difficult one in the history of the [[Security Service of Ukraine|Ukrainian special services]]. The truth is that our intelligence services, in cooperation with [[Western alliance|Western partners]], prepared it brilliantly, down to the smallest detail. And the bitter truth is that in the last hours before the arrest of the criminals, information about the operation was leaked from the President’s Office of Ukraine to Russia. In the summer of 2020, a year after I left office, this happened. And it is the direct responsibility of [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/petroporoshenko/posts/2385129268288118</ref>
==Special Military Operation==
==Special Military Operation==