Wagner Group boss warns troops 'Stalingrad was easy' compared to looming battle One figure who has become increasingly prominent since Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the head of the shadowy Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. In newly emerged video, he is reportedly heard warning recruits of the brutal nature of the fighting in which they will soon be forced to take part, in Soledar, in the eastern Donetsk region. Wagner forces have been engaged in intense warfare in an effort to seize control of the salt-mining town. Mr Prigozhin is heard telling his recruits that compared Soledar, Stalingrad was "resting"....