Below you will find example sentences with "wagner fighters". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Wagner Fighters in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 16
- Discovered as a combination around: fighters
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "wagner fighters" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and leaving wagner fighters unprotected on, and regular wagner fighters driving a, moscow, ukraine and russia stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with fire fighters, hamas fighters, freedom fighters, fire fighters, hamas fighters and freedom fighters, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with wagner fighters
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Wagner fighters have been at the forefront of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. (13 words)
I’m curious why the Wagner fighters seem willing to run into almost certain death. (15 words)
G.B. arrested a bunch of Wagner fighters in a sleepy resort outdoors Minsk, the capital. (16 words)
Putin probably wants to retain Pregozhin's well-trained mercenaries for his Ukraine war, but signing contracts with Russia's Ministry of Defense "is likely to be unpalatable to most Wagner fighters, who are intensely loyal to Prigozhin," noted. (39 words)
In one extraordinary video, he shouted and cursed at Shoigu and Gerasimov, demanding ammunition so his men could keep fighting as he stood in a field littered with the corpses of Wagner fighters. (33 words)
A Washington-based think tank said that was “likely in an effort to retain" the Wagner fighters in Ukraine, where Moscow needs “trained and effective manpower” as it faces a Ukrainian counteroffensive. (32 words)
Example sentences (16)
The Kremlin appears to want to differentiate between the Wagner chief and regular Wagner fighters, driving a wedge between them, says the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
After a deal ended the mutiny, Utkin said in a speech to Wagner fighters: "This is not the end.
Aleksandr Lukashenko responded to rumors that the construction of a camp for housing PMC Wagner fighters has allegedly begun in Belarus.
A Washington-based think tank said that was “likely in an effort to retain" the Wagner fighters in Ukraine, where Moscow needs “trained and effective manpower” as it faces a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Belarus said last week that Wagner fighters were instructing its soldiers at a military range southeast of Minsk.
G.B. arrested a bunch of Wagner fighters in a sleepy resort outdoors Minsk, the capital.
He has accused them of ordering their troops to retreat from their positions and leaving Wagner fighters unprotected on the frontlines.
His Wagner fighters also avoided punishment under the deal and the mercenary group was allowed to keep some of its extensive operations in Africa.
I’m curious why the Wagner fighters seem willing to run into almost certain death.
In one extraordinary video, he shouted and cursed at Shoigu and Gerasimov, demanding ammunition so his men could keep fighting as he stood in a field littered with the corpses of Wagner fighters.
On Sunday, Prigozhin said that Wagner fighters have taken over the Krasna Hora settlement north of Bakhmut, a strategic city at the epicentre of the fighting in recent months.
Putin probably wants to retain Pregozhin's well-trained mercenaries for his Ukraine war, but signing contracts with Russia's Ministry of Defense "is likely to be unpalatable to most Wagner fighters, who are intensely loyal to Prigozhin," noted.
Referencing satellite imagery that purported to show camp sites for Wagner fighters being dismantled recently, Lukashenko said: “Why are we removing extra tents, we don’t need so many of them.
Wagner fighters also have played a central role in projecting Russian influence in global trouble spots, first in Africa and then in Syria.
Wagner fighters have been at the forefront of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
Wagner fighters are also believed to have helped dictator Omar Bashir brutally put down opposition protests in Sudan after white men in Russian-made military trucks were photographed near the demonstrations.