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Russia's private Wagner army targets 30,000 new recruits by mid-May - group founder

Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to recruit approximately 30,000 new fighters by the middle of May, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday.

Reuters

Timely update on my Munich predictions

It is exactly one month ago that I gave a speech on the eve of the Munich Security Conference. Since then, so many remarkable things have happened -- and have happened so fast -- that it is worth comparing my predictions of a month ago with actual developments.

Bangkok Post

Wagner advance in Bakhmut as Russian offensive appears to weaken

Russian mercenaries were the only element of Moscow’s forces making any progress in the 55th week of the war in Ukraine.

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Battle for Bakhmut highlights divide between Wagner mercenary chief and the Kremlin

The founder and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been touted as someone who could pose a political challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Once a key battlefield ally, in recent days Prigozhin has publicly lamented losing his direct line to the Kremlin. Wagner fighters are not…

France 24

Poland to be first NATO member to send fighter jets to Ukraine

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday said Warsaw would deliver an initial batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would be the first such shipment by a NATO member. Ukraine has repeatedly asked its Western allies to send warplanes – although seeking primarily modern US-made F-16s –…

France 24

Zelensky tells Britain that Ukraine needs the world’s attention 'even more than before'

Present Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Society of Editors conference in London yesterday, praising the coverage his country's invasion has received from the British press

Daily Mirror

What is the Wagner Group as Russian private army declared terrorist organisation

The Wagner mercenary group, that was under the former leadership of the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, was recently declared a terrorist organisation by the UK

Evening Standard

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‘Clear strategy’: Italy blames Russia’s Wagner group for surge in migrants

Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto called Russia’s use of mercenaries as proxies on countries supporting Ukraine a “clear strategy of hybrid warfare” that has increased migration

The Independent UK

Putin ‘sends Russian women convicts to war zone for first time due to heavy losses of men’

The head of the Wagner group said there had been “resistance” among the Russian authorities to deploy women in the war zone, but a new report suggests women are now being deployed

Daily Mirror

Russian ambassador to the US says Moscow does not want confrontation after drone crash – as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read our full report of the drone incident here:

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 384 of the invasion

Russian fighter jet collides with US drone over Black Sea; one person killed and three injured in Kramatorsk shelling

The Guardian - AU

Xi could visit Putin, speak to Zelenskiy ‘next week’

Media reports suggest Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit Russia and speak with the Ukrainian president.

The New Daily

Vladimir Putin suffering 'extremely heavy casualties' in Bakhmut 'killing zone'

Tensions between the Russian ministry of defence and the rebel Wagner group over the city of Bakhmut have reached to “boiling point” as some 520 Russian troops were reported killed in Bakhmut in one day’s fighting

Daily Mirror

UN Seeks Extension of Key Ukraine-Russia Wartime Grain Deal

Senior UN officials hosted Russian envoys in Geneva on Monday in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. The United Nations and Türkiye brokered a deal between the two warring countries in July that allows…

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The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian and Russian casualties mount as battle for central Bakhmut rages

Ukrainian general says it is using opportunity to kill as many Russian troops as possible and wear down its reserves

Bangkok Post

'Fierce' battles rage in central Bakhmut as Russia grinds forward

KYIV, Ukraine: Fierce fighting is raging for control of the centre of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the longest-running and bloodiest battle of Moscow's invasion, Russian and Ukrainian forces said Monday.

The News Lens

Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?

The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence says Russia is buying weapons via third countries, and Myanmar might be one of them.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine, Russia Locked in Brutal Battle in Bakhmut, Casualties Mount

Ukrainian forces faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region on Monday, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they battled across a small river that bisects the ruined town and now marks the front line. The situation in the nearly deserted town was difficult, the…

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Xi to visit Russia as early as next week; Moscow says it could agree to shorter Black Sea grain deal – as it happened

China’s president planning to visit Moscow soon and also speak to Zelenskiy; hopes for possible grain deal extension but Russia wants 60-day limit

The Guardian - UK

Moldova police arrest members of Russian-backed network over unrest plot

Police chief says seven people detained for their involvement in causing ‘mass disorder’ during a protest in Chisinau on Sunday

France 24

Ukraine prepares for counteroffensive amid ‘increasingly difficult’ situation in Bakhmut

The Ukrainian military was preparing Sunday for a counterattack in Bakhmut after more than seven months of fighting in the region, a top commander has said. Ukraine's foreign minister has urged Germany to speed up supplies of ammunition and to start training Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets. Read our…

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Russians killed in Bakhmut battle as snipers ‘create killing zone’

Recent days among deadliest of war so far as Moscow seeks gains in Bakhmut

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Readies Counteroffensive as Russia Inches Forward in Bakhmut

The Ukrainian military was preparing Sunday for an upcoming counteroffensive, with a top commander saying his forces' ongoing defense of Bakhmut in the face of fierce and sustained Russian attacks was necessary to "buy time" for that push. The remarks came as British intelligence said the frontline had shifted in…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 382 of the invasion

UK defence ministry calls Bakhmut a ‘killing zone’; Russian shelling kills three Ukrainian civilians in Kherson, Ukrainian officials say; Russia lists World Wildlife Fund as a foreign agent

Evening Standard

Ukraine war: Bakhmut ‘killing zone’ hampering Wagner advance

Russia has made Bakhmut the target of a winter push involving hundreds of thousands of reservists and mercenaries

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