The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Australia is not giving Ukraine the military support it needs – sending our retired jets would be a start

This week, Australia announced its latest package of military and humanitarian support for Ukraine, totalling approximately A$110 million.

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2023

Ukraine Russia war – live: Restaurant toll rises to 8 as officials say ‘countdown has started’ to end of Putin

Dozens inside busy pizza restaurant injured in missile attack

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy praises frontline advances ‘in all sectors’ as Putin rails against Kyiv and west

The Ukrainian president visited the front in the wake of the aborted Wagner rebellion, as US denies involvement in Prigozhin’s uprising

The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023

How the Wagner rebellion inside Russia affects the war in Ukraine

More than a year after Russian tanks first rolled toward Kyiv, Russian authorities were blocking roads and bridges to defend their own capital.

Axios · Jun 26, 2023

US denies any role in Russia uprising as allies watch and wait

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sought to preempt any talk from President Vladimir Putin that the West provoked the mercenary rebellion that shook Russia over the weekend, saying the United States and NATO had played no role and were still weighing its consequences.

Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023

Putin blasts Wagner ‘traitors’ after Prigozhin denies coup plot

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned leaders of the Wagner mercenary group as traitors to Russia in a late-night speech to the nation, his first public comments since the mutiny that posed the most serious threat to his nearly quarter-century rule.

Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023

Biden says US played no role in Russia’s Wagner mutiny: ‘We were not involved’

The short-lived rebellion by the mercenary group posed a serious challenge to Vladimir Putin’s rule in Russia

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2023

Putin accuses West of wanting Russians 'to kill each other' in mutiny

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and its Western allies of wanting Russians to "kill each other" during a revolt by mercenaries of the Wagner group, which stunned the country with an aborted march on Moscow over the weekend.

Bangkok Post · Jun 26, 2023

Labour puts pressure on government over frozen Russian assets plan

Party to use opposition debate to call for workable proposals, saying Moscow must pay for destruction in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Wagner mutiny exposed Putin's weakness

While the mutiny was short-lived and its goals unclear, it will have lasting effects

Salon · Jun 26, 2023