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Russian forces launch wave of attacks in new push to encircle Bakhmut

Ukraine has survived the "most difficult winter" in its history in enduring months of Russian strikes on critical infrastructure, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday, as Russian forces launched a wave of attacks on the city of Bakhmut. Read our blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.…

France 24

Russia debates penalties for ‘discrediting’ military

MOSCOW: Russian lawmakers are preparing to debate amendments that would further strengthen censorship laws, envisaging up to 15 years in jail for “discrediting” the armed forces as well as pro-Kremlin mercenary organisations such as the Wagner Group.

Bangkok Post

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

China has accused the U.S. of “outright bullying and double standards" in leveling what it called “illegal" sanctions on Chinese companies as part of U.S. actions against Russia’s Wagner Group and related companies and individuals

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Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds into second year as Putin gambles on the long game

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered its second year, with a universal realization that the world is witnessing a long, protracted conflict, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, in which Moscow and Kyiv are hoping against long odds for a decisive breakthrough in 2023.

Los Angeles Times

Drone footage shows Bakhmut devastated by Russian forces

Roughly 5,000 residents still remain in the war-ravaged city

The Independent UK

Labour calls for Russian mercenary Wagner Group to be proscribed as terrorists

Labour party wants to follow US who class Wagner as ‘transnational criminal organisation’

Evening Standard

Labour demands that ministers proscribe Wagner Group as terror organisation

The party said the move would make it a criminal offence to belong or support the private military outfit that is working with Russia in Ukraine.

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How a former caterer created the mercenary army fighting Putin's war in Ukraine

Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine.

WEKU

Face to face with Vladimir Putin's killers 'at war with the West including UK'

Up front with two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a world-first interview.

Daily Record

Russian Wagner chief releases dead soldiers photo amid ammunition shortage

In an attempt to secure the supplies, Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a social media blitz shaming army top brass

Evening Standard

Wagner Group’s bloody year in Ukraine: From murder squad to cannon fodder

It was supposed to be Russia’s secret weapon for a swift and efficient victory in Ukraine. But in the year since Wagner Group mercenaries were dispatched to Kyiv to hunt down Ukraine’s president, what was once an elite murder squad has become a group of mostly ill-trained and unequipped convicts…

France 24

Face-to-face with Vlad's killers who say: 'We are at war with the West - including UK'

The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview

Daily Mirror

Putin’s spring offensive has started but ‘more of a whimper’ than major attack, western officials say

Vladimir Putin’s spring offensive appears to have started but is “more of a whimper” than a decisive large-scale attack, western officials said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Russian mercenary boss accuses top army brass of 'treason', Moscow pushes back

Outspoken Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin launched two verbal attacks against top brass on Tuesday, accusing them of depriving his Wagner fighters of munitions in what he called a treasonous attempt to destroy his private military company.

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Russian officials are denying ammunition to Wagner fighters - group founder

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's mercenary group Wagner, accused unspecified officials of deliberately denying his fighters sufficient ammunition as part of an ongoing rivalry between himself and parts of the Russian elite.

Al Jazeera

Measuring militaries: How do Russia and Ukraine stack up?

Neither side looks set for a decisive victory any time soon, writes Al Jazeera’s defence editor.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Wagner fighters suffer 30,000 casualties in Ukraine: US

The White House says 90 percent of Wagner Group fighters killed in Ukraine since December were convicts.

Reuters

White House: Wagner Group has suffered over 30,000 casualties in Ukraine

The Russian mercenary company Wagner Group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, with about 9,000 of those fighters killed in action, the White House said on Friday.

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The Conversation

Ukraine war: what the last 12 months has meant for the ordinary Russian soldier

If Vladimir Putin launches a new offensive in Ukraine this spring as expected, the key to its success or failure will be the ordinary Russian soldier.

The Guardian - UK

Solicitors in UK warned not to act as ‘hired guns’ to silence critics of super-rich

Regulator investigating 40 alleged ‘Slapp’ cases, including action by firm on behalf of Russian oligarch who runs Wagner group

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers want terrorist designation for Russia's Wagner Group

A group of Democratic and Republican senators said on Wednesday they would try again to pass legislation that would require the State Department to designate Russian mercenary company Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to advance in ‘most sectors’ in Ukraine war zone - UK defence chiefs

Vladimir Putin appears to have given orders for Russian troops to advance in “most sectors” of a swathe of Ukraine but they are struggling to make a decisive breakthrough, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin pulls Wagner Group troops from Ukraine as Kremlin 'fears coup'

It is believed Wagner Group mercenaries - many of them convicted criminals - will be replaced by regular soldiers among as many as 300,000 new troops heading to war

The Independent UK

‘I realised this was not my war’: Russian mercenary who fled Wagner group ‘executed with sledgehammer’

Video appears to show Russian convict beaten to death – although head of Wagner seeks to cast doubt on footage in second clip

Reuters

Wagner founder Prigozhin says Russian forces take Ukraine village Krasna Hora, north of Bakhmut

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner Group, said on Sunday that the mercenary force had taken the village of Krasna Hora on the northern edge of the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

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