The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

President says Russia will replace blocked Ukrainian exports after it abandoned pact on passage of ships

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders and officials from most African countries that his nation is making full efforts to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments from Ukraine will cause shortages and price spikes

Until Wednesday’s coup attempt in Niger, the United States' security ally had avoided the military takeovers that destabilized West African neighbors in recent years

Nigeriens awoke to a divided country after mutinous soldiers claimed to have ousted the president

Leaders from across Africa attending talks in St Petersburg, with food security and Ukraine war high on the agenda.

Ukraine war and grain deal exit loom over forum that could be ‘make or break for Putin’ in courting Africa

Some African leaders have arrived in Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin seeks more allies amid the fighting in Ukraine

Parliamentary report also criticises the ‘remarkably complacent’ attitude of the government to Wagner’s activities across the last decade

British lawmakers say the U.K. has underestimated the threat posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and should ban it as a terrorist organization

The UK is underestimating the danger posed by the Wagner Group, a highly critical report from the Foreign Affairs Committee has warned.

Ukrainian and other European security officials say no orders came from Putin on 24 June when the Wagner rebellion broke out