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Ukraine Latest: US Weighs Terrorism Label for the Wagner Group

A forensics team works at the site of a mass grave near Izyum, Ukraine, in September.

A forensics team works at the site of a mass grave near Izyum, Ukraine, in September.

Photographer: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

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The Biden administration is weighing whether to label Russia’s Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, two people familiar with the matter said, as part of efforts to handicap the privately owned military company that has played a role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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