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The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Putin says ‘talented businessman’ Yevgeny Prigozhin has died

Speculation grows that Wagner chief’s plane was downed by bomb after it took off from Moscow

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says troops landed on Crimea in ‘special operation’

Ukraine has repeatedly said it aims to take back Crimea, which has been under Russian control since 2014.

Al Jazeera

Humza Yousaf pledges 'absolute solidarity with Ukraine' on Independence Day

HUMZA Yousaf has taken part in a wreath-laying ceremony in Edinburgh to commemorate Ukraine’s Independence Day.

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Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Wagner Group chief presumed dead in plane crash

Former convict, catering impresario and ally of Vladimir Putin became increasingly vocal critic of Kremlin’s defence chiefs during war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

What next for the Wagner Group as leader presumed dead in plane crash?

Options for the mercenary group – in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported death in a plane crash – include complete dissolution, nationalisation into the conventional Russian army or finding a new leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold the key to the future

The Independent UK

What is the Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin?

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but his former friend’s attempted mutiny and threats against Russia’s defence establishment have exposed cracks in the president’s authority

The Independent UK

Will Russia’s Putin benefit from Prigozhin’s presumed plane crash death?

The Wagner Group leader was listed as a passenger of a plane that crashed on Wednesday, but his death is unconfirmed.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘Ask Me Anything’ - expert Tim White answers your questions Wagner chief ‘killed’ in crash

Ask expert Tim White your questions on what Prigozhin’s presumed death means for the Wagner group and what happens next in the Ukraine Russia war

The Independent UK

Prigozhin's death: Show of strength or admission of weakness for Putin?

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, was on board a plane that crashed in Russia on Wednesday, leaving no survivors, according to Russian media reports. While many details are yet to be confirmed, many Russia watchers wonder how and why Prigozhin survived so long after his June 23 mutiny…

France 24

If Putin has eliminated Prigozhin, the result could be more – not less – instability for Russia

The Russian president has seemingly upped the stakes: anyone who challenges his regime will have to see it through to the end, says Samantha de Bendern, associate fellow at Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

The Problem With Republican Isolationism

Republicans believe the US should give up on Ukraine, giving Vladimir Putin a significant and historic triumph.

Zenger

Former MI6 spy chief says all signs suggest Wagner boss Prigozhin was ‘taken out’ by Putin

Second former intelligence officer suggested a bomb in a ‘wine crate’ may have downed the jet

The Independent UK

Biden points finger at Putin as Prigozhin’s reported death seen as a warning to ‘elites’

Joe Biden ‘not surprised’ by apparent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner founder, in plane crash, while Kremlin and Russian president stay silent

The Guardian - AU

Politicians Continue To Make a Mockery of 'Emergency Spending'

Legislators abuse the emergency label to push through spending that would otherwise violate budget constraints.

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Al Jazeera

Russian villagers report explosion before ‘Prigozhin’ plane crash

The Wagner boss was listed as a passenger on the private jet, but the Kremlin has not confirmed his death.

Al Jazeera

‘It all adds up’: What Russians are saying about Prigozhin’s possible death

The Kremlin is yet to confirm the details of Wednesday’s plane crash in Russia. Commentators are speculating.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Londoners look on aghast at Republican presidential debate

As battles of American ideas go, it was not exactly William F. Buckley versus Gore Vidal. The eight Republican candidates went at it for two hours in Milwaukee and, by the end, it was no more clear that any of them could challenge Donald Trump for the nomination.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians express fear and hope as Russia’s war rages on Independence Day

Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991.

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Evening Standard

Ukraine independence day: What is the national celebration and why does it matter?

Ukraine marks its 32nd independence day among muted celebrations and the backdrop of a drawn-out war

Evening Standard

Wagner troops ‘plotting march to Russia to avenge leader’s death’

Wagner mercenaries were on Thursday reported to be trying to head back into Russia after threatening retaliation over the suspected killing of their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash on the orders of Vladimir Putin.

The Independent UK

Final flight path for Russian private jet that crashed ‘with Wagner boss onboard’

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin reported to be among 10 killed as plane comes down northwest of Moscow

Al Jazeera

Ukraine picks up momentum, retakes second town in a week

Ukraine may have begun to break through Russian minefields and front-line artillery, reaching secondary defences.

France 24

Yevgeny Prigozhin: From 'Putin's chef' to mutineer

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose death was announced by Russia following a plane crash near Moscow, was a Kremlin confidant catapulted to infamy by Russia's offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's capital.

The Times of India

After Yevgeny Prigozhin's death in plane crash, Putin regains his power with Russian elite

The plane crash that presumably killed Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin restored Vladimir Putin’s reputation as Russia’s unchallengeable leader for many of the country’s elite, even as the cause of the disaster may never be fully established.

The Conversation

Wagner chief Prigozhin reportedly killed, but has Putin cooked his own goose?

Perhaps the most unexpected thing about the plane crash that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic head of Russia’s infamous Wagner group, is that it happened a full two months after he brought Russia to what President Vladimir Putin warned at the time was the brink of civil war.

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