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Who are Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenary group

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but the Wagner leader’s threats against the country’s military leadership show tensions escalating to an alarming extent

The Independent UK

Russian tanks in Moscow amid fears Wagner Group is plotting coup to overthrow Putin

Ther mercenary group's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed revenge after accusing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering an attack on Bakhmut training camp

Daily Mirror

Mercenary troops withdraw from Rostov as Prigozhin calls off rebellion – as it happened

The mercenaries’ chief said he had halted his troops to avoid ‘Russian bloodshed’, and he is not facing charges

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Russian TV channels 'hacked' by Wagner chiefs as Putin accuses group of 'armed mutiny'

The outspoken head of a group of vicious Russian mercenaries says Moscow's "evil" leadership must be stopped, following an attack on his troops which left several dead

Daily Mirror

Putin vows to crush ‘armed mutiny’ by mercenaries

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that an “armed mutiny” by the Wagner Group mercenary force was treason, and that anyone who had taken up arms against the Russian military would be punished.

Bangkok Post

Bridge connecting Ukraine to Crimean peninsula ‘unusable’ after attack, says Russian-installed governor – as it happened

Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, says Chongar bridge would be closed for around 20 days

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine warns that Russia may be planning to attack occupied nuclear power plant

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected other nations to 'give appropriate signals and exert pressure' on Moscow

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Wagner chief accuses Moscow of lying to public about Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin dismisses justification for war that Kyiv was planning 2022 attack on Donbas and Crimea

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin rejects Macron charges that it is ‘destabilising’ Africa

Moscow calls ties ‘constructive’ in latest spat with Paris as its former colonies turn to Russian military contractors.

Al Jazeera

Russia is likely to cancel July's Moscow air show as sanctions affect attendees and import of parts

Russia is likely to cancel this year’s Moscow air show, which for decades has been a major venue for showing off new warplanes and negotiating aerospace contracts, a top official says

The Independent UK

Berlin blockade 75 years on: how Russian occupation tactics in Ukraine echo Soviet actions in East Germany

A Soviet blockade of the three western sectors of Berlin started on June 24 1948. At that point, the city, like the rest of Germany, was split into areas of Russian, British, US and French control as part of the post-second world war settlement that was shaped in allied conferences…

The Conversation

Suspected Russian diplomat is occupying the nation's vetoed embassy site in Australia's capital

A suspected lone Russian diplomat is apparently squatting on the site of Moscow's proposed embassy that the Australian government has vetoed

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 485 of the invasion

Russia killed 136 children in Ukraine last year, says UN report; Kyiv accuses Moscow’s forces of hiding bodies in aftermath of Kakhovka dam breach

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine recap: counteroffensive makes slow progress while diplomacy fails to make any ground at all

So the Ukrainian counteroffensive is well and truly underway, even if progress is measured in metres rather than the rapid advances that characterised Ukraine’s highly successful push last autumn. Volodymyr Zelensky himself has confirmed this, saying progress has been “slower than desired” and noting that the Russian invaders have mined…

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Ukraine war: Kremlin attempt to control private militaries like Wagner Group fails to address rivalry between factions

One of the most notable features of Russia’s war in Ukraine has been Moscow’s increasing reliance on what are known as private military companies. Forces such as the Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin have borne the brunt of much of the fiercest fighting, especially during the bloody battle for…

The Independent UK

Zelensky accuses Russia of plotting ‘radiation leak’ attack at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Warning comes as bridge connecting Russian-held Crimea and the Ukrainian mainland is damaged in strike

The Conversation

Ukraine war: failed African peace mission underscores need for more powerful political and military pressure on Putin

African peace missions to Ukraine and Russia last week came up empty-handed. Led by South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa, the delegation included leaders and senior officials from Congo-Brazzaville, Comoros, Egypt, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia.

Evening Standard

Moscow court rules US journalist Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail until late August

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late August, a Moscow court has ruled.

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Bangkok Post

Ukrainian strike hits Crimea bridge

MOSCOW: A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects southern Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a Russian official said on Thursday, as tensions again rose over a Moscow-held nuclear power plant.

The Guardian - UK

Moscow court rules US reporter accused of spying must remain in detention

US ambassador says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ at decision not to release WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich

Al Jazeera

Africa’s Russia, Ukraine peace mission criticised in South Africa

The members of the ‘peace mission’ – especially South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa – have received flak from many in Africa.

The Independent UK

US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Moscow court to appeal extended detention

A Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia is appearing in court to appeal his extended detention

France 24

UK donor conference on Ukraine reconstruction closes with €60 billion in pledges

An international conference on the funding of Ukraine’s reconstruction drew to a close in London, with foreign donors pledging €60 billion in new financial support, UK Foreign Minister James Cleverley said at its closing session. Earlier on Thursday, Ukrainian forces carried out a missile strike on the Chonhar bridge connecting…

Al Jazeera

Russia thermonuclear bomb scientist dies, Putin boosts nuke force

Grigory Klinishov, who was in his 90s, has reportedly died by suicide in Moscow.

The Independent UK

MPs demand to ‘cut through Whitehall bureaucracy’ and get jailed British-Russian dissident home

Vladimir Kara-Murza, who holds a British passport, has been jailed for 25 years by a Moscow court for opposing the invasion of Ukraine

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