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Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers

Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali contend with a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency

The Independent UK

Commentary: To beat Russian influence in Africa, the West must offer something better

Russia’s growing engagement in Africa is gaining attention. The Wagner Group, a shady mercenary organization, is the centerpiece of this activity. Since 2015, it has become an important security player in at least a half-dozen countries across the continent. The Russian government denies any connection, but Wagner is widely believed…

Chicago Tribune

Far-right extremists keep co-opting Norse symbolism – here's why

Payton Gendron, the suspect in the killing of ten people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is the latest far-right extremist to allegedly murder defenceless people in the name of white supremacy. His hate-filled manifesto is full of baffling contradictions, vile stereotypes, unhinged conspiracy theories and, predictably, Norse…

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Vladimir Putin's forces firing Cold War missiles because they've run out of rockets

The Ministry of Defence has said that the warheads Russia is using are 'highly inaccurate and can, therefore, cause significant collateral damage and civilian casualties'

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian artillery strike kills hundreds of Russian troops at ammo dump, reports claim

Footage has emerged showing a large complex on fire after a airstrike near the Russian-occupied Mariupol, which is said to have killed 300 mercenaries along with ammunition

Daily Mirror

Exhausted Russian fighters complain of conditions in eastern Ukraine

Long deployments and a lack of training, support, food and equipment all affecting morale as war drags on

The Guardian - UK

An ex-member of one of the world's most dangerous mercenary groups has gone public

The Wagner Group, known as "Putin's shadow army," has come to the world's attention because of the Ukraine war. Marat Gabidullin, who left Wagner after fighting in Syria, has written a book about it.

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Vladimir Putin's mercenary 'the Executioner' killed after slaughtering civilians

A Wagner Group mercenary who is believed to have had a pivotal role in the mass shooting of Ukrainians has been killed by a sniper in a huge loss for Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror

Elite mercenary group 'Putin’s Private Army' records huge losses fighting in Ukraine

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues towards its 100th day, a group of elite mercenaries dubbed "Putin's private army" have recorded huge losses during fighting in the east of the country

Daily Mirror

EU Court Rejects Appeal by Alleged Financier of Wagner Group in Libya

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya. Prigozhin, 61, had challenged a 2020 decision to freeze his assets in the European Union and to place him on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU court rejects alleged Wagner Group financer's appeal against Libya sanctions

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya.

Radio France Internationale

HRW: Russia’s Wagner Group Set Landmines in Libya

The Wagner Group, a private Russian military security contractor, has used banned landmines and booby traps near Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines and booby traps in Libya in 2019-2020,”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Military group connected to Russian Government 'laid banned landmines in Libya'

Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said the Wagner Group added to the “deadly legacy” of mines and booby traps scattered across Tripoli’s suburbs

Daily Mirror

Mass civil legal action to seek compensation for Ukrainian war victims

Exclusive: Lawyers to target assets of Russian state, military contractors and affiliated business figures across globe

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

UN report links Mali army to rise in rights abuses

The report says civilian deaths, rights abuses attributable to the Malian military surged in the first quarter of 2022.

Reuters

Over 500 killed in Mali clashes as military junta loses grip

Over 500 civilians died in attacks carried out by armed forces and Islamist groups in Mali from January to March this year, the United Nations said in a report on Monday that detailed a rapid unravelling of an already desperate security situation.

Salon

The shadowy world of Russian mercenaries

Putin has been using an unaccountable army with a history of human rights violations to pursue Russia's agenda

The Independent UK

UN experts: Libya's security threatened by foreign fighters

U.N. experts say in a new report that Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which they say has violated international law

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The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries accused over use of mines and booby traps in Libya

Exclusive: UN investigators say Wagner Group fighters did not mark mines’ positions and may have rigged bomb to teddy bear

The Guardian - UK

Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began

Radio France Internationale

Former Russian mercenary lifts lid on secretive Wagner Group

Marat Gabidullin is the first combatant from private Russian paramilitary company Wagner to break rank and talk publicly about the secretive organisation. He recounts his four years as a mercenary in eastern Ukraine and Syria in his memoir In the Same River Twice, now available in French.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reports: 2,000 Wagner Mercenaries Remain in Libya

At least 1,500 to 2,000 Wagner Group mercenaries are still in Libya after dozens were transferred to fight in Ukraine, multiple sources told Italy's Nova news agency. A UN team of experts reported that about 2,000 fighters remained in Libya with Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft defense systems, MiG-29 fighters, and Su-24…

Reuters

Russian troops ill-prepared for Ukraine war, says ex-Kremlin mercenary

The Russian military's failure to seize the Ukrainian capital was inevitable because in the preceding years they had never directly faced a powerful enemy, according to a former mercenary with the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group who fought alongside the Russian army.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's ruthless private death squad storms Ukraine in 'worrying development'

Members of the Wagner Group have been called into eastern Ukraine in an apparent bid to boost Russia's faltering forces after its troops were driven out of the Kyiv region

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: West may be about to glean vital information about Russia’s immediate intentions

DURING my recent time in Ukraine one date seemed to occupy the minds of many people I spoke with while in the country. That date was May 9, which…

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