The Latest Breaking News from the Wagner Group

Months after hundreds of French troops left Burkina Faso, ousted by the ruling military junta, speculation is mounting that the war-torn nation will fill the void with fighters from Russia’s shadowy mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group

Moscow has blamed Ukrainian security services and supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for the killing of a prominent Russian ultranationalist blogger in a St Petersburg café. Kyiv and Navalny’s supporters have denied the allegations. But the attack on a figure with close links to the Wagner Group has…

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Founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, spoke to Russian reporters in an interview which he hinted at plans to replace Vladimir Putin as president

Analyst says Ukraine battle – in which the Russian side has suffered heavy casualties – is part of a wider Kremlin power play

Ukrainian forces have launched a local counterattack to the west of Bakhmut where Vladimir Putin’s army may be losing its momentum to capture the town after months of fierce fighting, British defence chiefs said on Wednesday.

First trip to Niger by a US secretary of state comes amid regional security crisis and growing Russian influence.

The founder and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been touted as someone who could pose a political challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Once a key battlefield ally, in recent days Prigozhin has publicly lamented losing his direct line to the Kremlin. Wagner fighters are not…

Blinken to be first US secretary of state to visit country amid concerns over Sahel security, growing Russian influence.

The Wagner mercenary group, that was under the former leadership of the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, was recently declared a terrorist organisation by the UK