Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine

The Guardian 1 min read 6 months ago

<p>Sources say Prince, whose firm’s contractors committed 2007 Iraq massacre, eager to get into valuable drone sector</p><p>Amid reports that Donald Trump’s administration is considering using US private military contractors in <a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/59188">a postwar Ukraine</a>, multiple sources tell the Guardian one high-profile and controversial American from the “war on terror” era is already circling for business.</p><p>In the streets of Kyiv, military hawks and defense privateers have described how <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/erik-prince-trump-immigration-enforcement">Erik Prince</a>, Maga disciple and founder of the now-defunct mercenary company Blackwater, has been aggressively pitching his services and looking to buy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/07/erik-prince-blackwater-ukraine">Continue reading...</a>
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