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Ukraine Says Russia ‘Very Far’ From Seizing Bakhmut, Denies Prigozhin Claims

Ukraine said on Monday that Russian forces were "very far" from capturing the eastern town of Bakhmut and that fighting raged on around the administration building where the Wagner mercenary group claimed to have raised the Russian flag. A spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern military command told Reuters that it was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bomb Kills Russian War Blogger in St Petersburg Cafe

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg café on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine. Russia's state Investigative Committee said it had opened a murder…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US ‘pushing hard’ for Wall Street Journal reporter’s release, says White House – as it happened

US government ‘keenly, strongly, closely’ tracking Evan Gershkovich’s detention; IAEA chief Rafael Grossi expected to visit on Wednesday

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Ukraine mocks Russian claim to have taken Bakhmut, says attacks repelled

Kyiv scorned Russian claims to have captured eastern Bakhmut on Monday, saying its foes had raised a victory flag over "some kind of toilet" and that Ukrainian forces had repelled nearly 20 attacks along the city's front line in the last 24 hours.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 404 of the invasion

Ukrainian forces say they still hold Bakhmut despite Wagner claims; suspect arrested after Russian military blogger killed in cafe explosion

The Guardian - AU

Killer who died fighting for Putin buried 'with honours' as Wagner recruits on porn site

Child murderer Vladimir Shestakov, 42, who had been serving an 18-year jail sentence, was enlisted into the shady Wagner Company militia to fight for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Global network aims to sue Wagner as a ‘terrorist’ organisation

Ukrainians in exile are mobilising an army of lawyers to seize Wagner’s assets and hobble Russia’s ability to wage war.

Al Jazeera

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 402

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 402nd day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

How a shadowy Russian organisation is making political and economic inroads across Africa

The world is watching Russia's actions in Ukraine. But are we missing what it's doing elsewhere?

ABC News

UK to clamp down on sanctions loopholes used by Wagner group head

Loophole meant mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin could sue journalist

The Guardian - UK

Fugitive Russian father draws Kremlin censure, support from Wagner boss

A Russian father who went on the run to avoid being sent to a penal colony after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school was criticised by the Kremlin on Wednesday, but defended by the powerful head of the Wagner mercenary group.

Reuters

Plans to REPLACE Vladimir Putin as president with military warlord hinting at challenge

Founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, spoke to Russian reporters in an interview which he hinted at plans to replace Vladimir Putin as president

Daily Mirror

Russia's Wagner chief says battle for Bakhmut has damaged his forces

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group acknowledged on Wednesday that fighting for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut had inflicted severe damage on his own forces as well as the Ukrainian side.

Reuters

Putin using Bakhmut to destroy Wagner Group and ‘put its chief in his place’, says ISW

Analyst says Ukraine battle – in which the Russian side has suffered heavy casualties – is part of a wider Kremlin power play

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Reuters

Giant advert for Russia's Wagner mercenary group appears near Moscow highway

A giant recruitment advert for Russia's Wagner mercenary force has appeared on the facade of an office building next to a highway in north-east Moscow.

Reuters

Russia pardons 5,000 former criminals after fighting in Ukraine, Prigozhin says

More than 5,000 former criminals have been pardoned after finishing their contracts to fight in Russia's Wagner mercenary group against Ukraine, the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian forces to soon launch counter-offensive, says top commander, as Putin spring advance stutters

Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said his forces would soon launch a counter-offensive after Vladimir Putin’s spring advance has so far failed to achieve any significant victories.

France 24

UN accuses Russia and Ukraine of ‘summary executions’ of prisoners

The United Nations said Friday it was “deeply concerned” by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. Earlier in the day, Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev said Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv…

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: UN reports dozens of summary executions of PoWs; Nordic nations agree joint air defence plan – as it happened

Mission says it documented some 40 summary executions in 13 months; Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland agree plan to counter Russian threat

Reuters

Russia presses along Ukraine front after reports of Bakhmut slowdown

Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow's assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut.

Daily Mirror

MoD defends sending uranium shells to Ukraine after Russia's 'nuclear collision' threat

The Ministry of Defence has responded to furious threats by Russian warmonger Vladimir Putin who is unhappy at reports the UK is set to send ammunition to help Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s war chiefs in bitter spat as he begs China's Xi Jinping for military aid

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who heads up the shadowy Wagner militia, has warned the Kremlin Defence Ministry that Russia could lose all military gains made in the frontline Ukrainian town of Bakhmut unless he acts quickly

Evening Standard

Wagner chief tells Moscow Ukraine is planning ‘large scale attack’

Yevgeny Prigozhin claims Ukraine planning to cut off his forces from Russian troops

Evening Standard

Thousands of Russian convicts who fought for Wagner mercenary group ‘to be released in weeks’

Thousands of Russian convicts who have fought for the Wagner mercenary group will be pardoned and released in the coming weeks, according to British intelligence.

The Guardian - AU

Putin says UK plan to send ammunition with depleted uranium to Ukraine would trigger Russian response – as it happened

Russian president condemns UK proposal during second day of Xi Jinping state visit

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