The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

After last week’s surprise coup in Niger, the Russian military group Wagner is taking advantage of the chaos and anti-French sentiment, says journalist Garé Amadou in Niamey, while ordinary Nigeriens are preparing for the worst

Belarus has begun military exercises near its border with Poland and Lithuania

Many in Poland feel the Russian armed group has few options at its disposal to realistically endanger their security.

Yevgeny Prigozhin seems largely unscathed, while faith in the Russian president’s invincibility has taken a battering, says Prof Kimberly Marten

Strike marks first Ukrainian attack on one of Russia’s main commercial ports

As several European countries evacuate Niger following a coup, the Biden administration seems intent on staying

Reports from the front lines of the various conflict zones reveal daily just how difficult Ukraine is finding its summer counter-offensive. Russia has had months to build defensive fortifications and Ukrainian troops are having to fight their way through territory which – according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s…

The mercenaries have been training Belarusian forces close to the Polish border in recent weeks

Kyiv defended itself against eighth consecutive nightly drone attack; Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory being forced to assume Russian citizenship, study finds