The Latest Breaking News from Alexander Lukashenko

As the war enters it 490th day, these are the main developments.

At least eight killed and dozens injured after Russian missile hits crowded pizza restaurant in centre of Kramatorsk.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia averted “civil war” following the armed rebellion by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a public display of support for his military leadership that the mercenary chief had sought to overthrow.

President Alexander Lukashenko has trumpeted his ‘peacekeeping’ role in quelling the Wagner rebellion in Russia.

Russian president makes address at Kremlin and says that Wagner was entirely financed by state – despite years of denials

Russian President Vladimir Putin is damaged goods. He may have survived this weekend’s mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group of mercenaries. In reacting as he did, though, Putin not only made himself even weaker, but planted the idea of his impotence in the minds of Russians and the…

The mutiny by caterer Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary army ended on Saturday before it really began. Prigozhin apparently has been persuaded to desist by Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, who agreed to let him move to his country, presumably with part of his fighting force. But his escapade’s consequences…

Following the Wagner rebellion, the US said that it's a new thing to see Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership getting directly challenged. Read further on Dynamite News:

As Vladimir Putin lashes out at leaders of the aborted Wagner Group revolt