Editing Plausible deniability (section)

===Little green men and Wagner Group===
In 2014, "[[Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)|Little green men]]"—troops without insignia carrying modern Russian military equipment—emerged at the start of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], which ''[[The Moscow Times]]'' described as a tactic of plausible deniability.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Person|first=Robert|date=2015-10-26|title=Baltic Russians Aren't Pawns in Strategic Game|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/10/26/baltic-russians-arent-pawns-in-strategic-game-a50487|access-date=2021-09-28|website=The Moscow Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Russian Private Military Companies in Syria and Beyond|url=https://www.csis.org/npfp/russian-private-military-companies-syria-and-beyond|access-date=2021-09-28|website=www.csis.org|language=en}}</ref>

The [[Wagner Group]], a Russian [[private military company]], has been described as an attempt at plausible deniability for Kremlin-backed interventions in Ukraine, Syria, and in various interventions in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mackinnon|first=Amy|title=Russia's Wagner Group Doesn't Actually Exist|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/06/what-is-wagner-group-russia-mercenaries-military-contractor/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Wagner Group: Untangling the Purpose behind a Russian Power Tool|url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/wagner-group-untangling-purpose-behind-russian-power-tool|access-date=2021-09-18|website=cisac.fsi.stanford.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Murtaza |date=February 2, 2023 |title=The Grisly Cult of the Wagner Group's Sledgehammer |url=https://theintercept.com/2023/02/02/wagner-group-violence-sledgehammer/ |website=The Intercept |language=en}}</ref>