Wagner-Backed Group Jailed for Arson Attack on London Firm

A group of men at the center of an arson attack backed by Russia’s Wagner Group targeting a London warehouse that supplied goods to Ukraine were sentenced to as long as 17 years in jail.

The arson attack on the warehouse in east London in March 2024 that was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine caused more than £1 million ($1.3 million) in damage.