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Netherlands to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine; six children among dead in Dnipro strike – as it happened

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte in Washington; death toll from Saturday’s Russian missile attack on a residential building rises to 45

The Guardian - AU

Norway war crimes unit ‘want to speak’ to commander who fled Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine

Andrey Medvedev, 26, says that he was willing to testify about the actions of the Wagner Group in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 328 of the invasion

Civilian death toll passes 7,000; Ukrainian official offers resignation over Dnipro comments

The Guardian - AU

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Norway wants to talk to asylum-seeker from Wagner Group

A Norwegian police unit that investigates war crimes wants to talk to a Russian asylum-seeker man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the private Russian military contractor Wagner Group

The Independent UK

Former Wagner Group commander who fled to Norway feared for his life

Andrey Medvedev told the Guardian he had seen summary executions of mercenary group’s Russian fighters

The Guardian - UK

Andrey Medvedev: High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway

A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway

The Independent UK

Former Wagner Group commander seeking asylum in Norway

Andrey Medvedev, 26, deserted after reportedly witnessing war crimes in Ukraine and is willing to reveal what he saw, his lawyer says

The Guardian - UK

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‘Former Russia Wagner Group commander’ requests asylum in Norway

An alleged former commander with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has claimed asylum in Norway after deserting from the mercenary outfit.

Evening Standard

High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway

A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway

The Independent UK

Ukrainian forces still holding out in eastern town of Soledar in fierce battles, say UK defence chiefs

Ukrainian troops are holding out in Soledar despite Russian claims to have captured the town in the east of the country, British defence chiefs said on Monday.

Evening Standard

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

Western officials say violence against civilians in Mali has risen in the year since hundreds of Russian mercenaries have started working alongside the West African country's armed forces to stem a decade-long insurgency by Islamic extremists

The Independent UK

Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?

ABC News

Russia’s mercenary Wagner group ‘launch recruitment drive’

US officials have expressed concerns over the groups attempts to recruit soldiers in Serbia and across Africa

The Independent UK

Moscow claims control of Soledar but Kyiv says fighting continues

The capture of the town in eastern Ukraine would enable Russian troops to envelop the nearby city of Bakhmut.

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The Independent UK

Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

As Russian troops wage a ferocious fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow

France 24

Putin’s army chief handed ‘poisoned chalice’ amid Russian power tussle

President Vladimir Putin has put his top military officer Valery Gerasimov in charge of Russia’s stalled invasion of Ukraine, in the latest reshuffle since the start of the war. The chief of the general staff will be expected to bolster the army’s sagging war effort while contending with the Wagner…

ABC News

Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in eastern Ukraine's Soledar

Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, which would mark an elusive victory for the Kremlin but come at the cost of heavy Russian casualties and extensive destruction of the territory they claim.

The Independent UK

Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in east

Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin replaces top Ukraine commander 'General Armageddon' after just 3 months

While overseeing troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin was crediting with strengthening coordination, reinforcing control and introducing a campaign of knocking out Ukraine's energy infrastructure

Reuters

Ukraine says its forces hold out after 'hot' night in Soledar

Ukraine said on Friday its forces were still holding out in the eastern salt mining town of Soledar after a "hot" night of fighting in what has become one of the bloodiest battlefields of the entire war.

Daily Mirror

One of two Brit volunteers missing in Ukraine found dead, claims Russia's Wagner Group

British volunteers Chris Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, went missing in Ukraine last week with Russia's Wagner Group claiming to have found one of their bodies and both sets of travel documents

Al Jazeera

Why does ‘Putin’s chef’ want Ukraine’s Soledar so badly?

Seizing the salt-mining town could offer the Wagner Group chief Kremlin clout. Ukraine says it is still in Kyiv’s hands.

Daily Mirror

Russian army on ropes after dramatic 75% plunge in artillery fire in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin's boys are only firing artillery at around 75 per cent of their wartime high, a massive drop, which could be due to dwindling stockpiles of rockets or a reassessment of tactics

Evening Standard

Conflicting claims over who controls Soledar as Ukrainian and Russian forces continue heavy fighting

The Wagner Group said it had control of the salt-mining town late on Tuesday night

France 24

Russia replaces military commander in Ukraine in latest reshuffle

Russia again replaced its top commander in Ukraine on Wednesday, putting army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in charge of its forces in the conflict, as fighting continued to rage for control of the eastern salt-mining town of Soledar. Earlier, Poland's President Andrzej Duda said during a visit to Kyiv…

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