French parliament has called on the EU to formally label the Russian mercenary group as terrorists; Russian air defence claims to have shot down drone in Kursk region bordering Ukraine
Being listed as a terrorist organisation means EU members could freeze assets of the Wagner group and its members, with European companies and citizens barred from dealing with the group.
Prigozhin had his assets in the European Union frozen in 2020 and was placed on a visa blacklist over the deployment of Wagner fighters to war-torn Libya, a decision he unsuccessfully appealed.
