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>> they want to go assassinate the leadership of ukraine. our president and prime minister. so, that was the goal and the couple of groups, couple of people were sent to ukraine without any success. >> translator: i am here. we are not putting down arms. >> reporter: the primary target, he says, president volodymyr zelenskyy. ukraine's military says documentary evidence gathered by intelligence officials and special forces outlines their alleged mission. he says several wagner operatives have been eliminated. identified by their unique dog tags. cnn couldn't independently corroborate the accou...

They absolutely illegal. >> reporter: wagner contractors surfaced in eastern ukraine in 2014. exposed by research groups and cnn investigations. their operations spanned the middle east and africa. u.s. officials accuse wagner of multiple human rights abuses in multiple countries. in this disturbing 2017 video, investigated by cnn, wagner mercenaries appear to be torturing and murdering a syrian man as they make jokes. the kremlin said the incident had nothing to do with the russian military operations in syria, and they have repeatedly denied any links to wagner. u.s. officials say that wagne...