The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered one of the top commanders of the Wagner military contractor to take charge of “volunteer units” fighting in Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his plane crash landed in August just two months after his failed coup

‘You yourself have been fighting in such a unit for more than a year’, Putin tells Troshev

The Kremlin intends to continue using the mercenaries following the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin

Ukraine claims to have shot down 34 of 44 drones; Greenpeace criticises monitoring of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; UK defence secretary visits Kyiv

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukrainian forces are “gradually gaining ground” in their counteroffensive against Russia during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday. The Western alliance chief also said that Ukraine is “closer to NATO than ever before”. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.…

Comment from Ukraine’s president comes after Jens Stoltenberg’s trip to Kyiv

‘Pathetic remnants’ of Wagner group scattered in different places in Ukraine, says eastern military spokesperson

The French troops who are being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of defense in efforts led by the West, particularly the U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region

Moscow seized the disaster diplomacy initiative after the deadly Derna floods, with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arriving in eastern Libya with a promise of aid. Russia is helping Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar while seeking geostrategic payback. But the Derna tragedy has also drawn the US back into Libya,…

Western leaders have suspected the Kremlin’s involvement in Wagner chief’s death