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N Korea denies arms supplied for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine

US claims North Korea sent ‘infantry rockets and missiles into Russia’ for use by Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

U.S. House approves Ukraine aid including arms after Zelenskiy visit

The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned his citizens that Russia could launch attacks over Christmas and urged them to heed air raid alarms.

Reuters

Wagner Group: Russian mercenaries bought weapons from North Korea, US says

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says ‘Putin turning to North Korea for help is sign of desperation’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says US Patriot missile system outdated, US says Russia's Wagner bought North Korean weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin describes the US Patriot air defence system to be delivered to Ukraine as outdated, adding the Russian military knows how to counter them.

ABC News

Head of Russia's Wagner group dismisses talk of N. Korean weapons as gossip

The head of private Russian military company the Wagner Group on Thursday dismissed as "gossip and speculation" a U.S. assertion that it had taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea.

Reuters

Biden hits Russia's Wagner group with tough new export curbs

The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled new curbs on technology exports to Russia's Wagner military group, in a bid to further choke off supplies to the contractor over its role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Putin’s Pit Bull Is Making a Power Play

As hard-liners shuffle for power amid a failing war, Russia’s military could turn even more aggressive.

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Navalny says mercenary boss visited his jail to recruit for Ukraine campaign

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company that has taken a major part in the Ukraine war, had visited his prison to recruit convicts.

Reuters

Analysis-Russia's grim battle for Bakhmut may yield pyrrhic victory at best

The nearly five-month battle for the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has ground on for so long and wrought so much death and destruction that, even if Russia does prevail, it will be a pyrrhic victory, military experts say.

Reuters

France denies involvement in parcel bomb injuring Russian in Central Africa

A prominent pro-Kremlin figure has claimed France was behind an alleged terror attack in the Central African Republic on Friday which left a Russian representative badly wounded. Paris described the accusation as "propaganda".

Radio France Internationale

Ally of Wagner Group boss hurt in ‘assassination attempt’ in central Africa

Dmitry Sytii under US sanctions for links to mercenary group founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is close to Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK

Ghana-Burkina row over Russian Wagner mercenaries hits new heights

Burkina Faso on Friday recalled Ghana's ambassador to protest allegations that Ouagadougou invited Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Group to operate in the country. Meanwhile Wagner accused France of an attack in the Central African Republic.

Radio France Internationale

Russian Wagner founder accuses France of being behind attack on Russian official in CAR

The founder of the Russian private military company Wagner accused France on Friday of being behind an assassination attempt on a Russian official who was wounded by a parcel bomb in the Central African Republic.

Reuters

Wagner Group allegedly given Burkina Faso mine in exchange for help fighting jihadi extremists

Burkina Faso allegedly makes an agreement with Russia's Wagner Group in which the mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a mine.

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The Guardian - UK

Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout joins ultranationalist party

Bout, who was released in prisoner exchange, could seek a seat in parliament, and has spoken of ‘pride’ in Putin

Al Jazeera

Ukraine says it killed Wagner mercenaries, who are they?

Controversial armed group emerged from being a murky guns-for-hire enterprise to a public extension of the Russian army.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Wagner mercenaries targeted in hotel attack: Governor

Ukrainian governor Serhiy Haidai claimed a ‘huge number’ died in a strike on hotel where Russian mercenaries were based.

The Guardian - UK

In the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’, deadlocked enemy forces slog it out

Ukrainians have the technical advantage but Russians persist in sacrificing troops to take an area with no strategic value

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Zambian killed in Ukraine was prisoner Russia pardoned: Official

Foreign Affairs Minister Kakubo said Russia told him Lemekhani Nyirenda joined war in Ukraine in exchange for amnesty.

The Independent UK

Putin says more prisoner swaps with US ‘possible’

Russia swapped US basketball star Brittney Griner with the prolific arms dealer Bout at Abu Dhabi airport

Reuters

Russian state media lauds Putin's 'win' on Viktor Bout exchange

Russian state media on Friday lauded President Vladimir Putin for "winning" a prisoner exchange with the United States by swapping U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Reuters

Russia's Prigozhin says Zambian student who died in Ukraine was fighting with Wagner

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday said a Zambian student who died in Ukraine had been fighting for his Wagner Private Military Group.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says Kyiv residents ‘need more protection’ as temperature drops – as it happened

Ukraine’s president calls on local government officials to do more as power cuts leave population vulnerable to the elements

Bangkok Post

Russian shelling kills 15 in Kherson

KYIV: Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed 15 civilians on Friday, officials said, as engineers across the country sought to restore heat, water and power to major cities.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 276 of the invasion

More than 6m Ukrainian households still without power; EU to boost efforts to restore electricity and heating; Hungarian president to meet Zelenskiy

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