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US designates Russia’s Wagner Group as ‘transnational criminal organisation’

The US government has designated the Russian private military contractor known as the Wagner Group as a “transnational criminal organization,” giving the notorious mercenary outfit the same status as international drug cartels and human trafficking organisations under US law.

The Independent UK

U.S. to impose new sanctions against Russia's Wagner private military group

The United States will impose additional sanctions next week against Russian private military company the Wagner Group, which U.S. officials say has been helping Russia's military in the Ukraine war, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

Russia claims capture of village near Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Moscow says its troops have seized Klishchiivka as they press their offensive in the eastern region of Donetsk.

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Mapping the battle for Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Al Jazeera charts six months of assaults on Bakhmut as fighting against Russian forces intensifies.

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Russia forces push forward despite ‘colossal losses’

A retreat, a missile blitz and a helicopter crash were the low points of a horrible 47th week of the war for Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

France's ex-president Hollande: Wagner Group operating as ‘neo-colonialists’ in Mali

France's former president François Hollande granted an interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI on Wednesday, some 10 years after launching Operation Serval, which ousted armed rebels and Islamist militants from northern Mali. Hollande defended the record of French military operations in the Sahel region and expressed regret at the arrival…

France 24

Ukrainian soldiers have withdrawn from salt mine town of Soledar, say UK defence chiefs

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the salt mine town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, British defence chiefs said on Wednesday.

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Netherlands to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine; six children among dead in Dnipro strike – as it happened

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte in Washington; death toll from Saturday’s Russian missile attack on a residential building rises to 45

The Guardian - AU

Norway war crimes unit ‘want to speak’ to commander who fled Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine

Andrey Medvedev, 26, says that he was willing to testify about the actions of the Wagner Group in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 328 of the invasion

Civilian death toll passes 7,000; Ukrainian official offers resignation over Dnipro comments

The Guardian - AU

Norway wants to talk to asylum-seeker from Wagner Group

A Norwegian police unit that investigates war crimes wants to talk to a Russian asylum-seeker man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the private Russian military contractor Wagner Group

The Independent UK

Former Wagner Group commander who fled to Norway feared for his life

Andrey Medvedev told the Guardian he had seen summary executions of mercenary group’s Russian fighters

The Guardian - UK

Andrey Medvedev: High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway

A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway

The Independent UK

Former Wagner Group commander seeking asylum in Norway

Andrey Medvedev, 26, deserted after reportedly witnessing war crimes in Ukraine and is willing to reveal what he saw, his lawyer says

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‘Former Russia Wagner Group commander’ requests asylum in Norway

An alleged former commander with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has claimed asylum in Norway after deserting from the mercenary outfit.

The Independent UK

High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway

A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway

Evening Standard

Ukrainian forces still holding out in eastern town of Soledar in fierce battles, say UK defence chiefs

Ukrainian troops are holding out in Soledar despite Russian claims to have captured the town in the east of the country, British defence chiefs said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

Western officials say violence against civilians in Mali has risen in the year since hundreds of Russian mercenaries have started working alongside the West African country's armed forces to stem a decade-long insurgency by Islamic extremists

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Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?

The Independent UK

Russia’s mercenary Wagner group ‘launch recruitment drive’

US officials have expressed concerns over the groups attempts to recruit soldiers in Serbia and across Africa

Al Jazeera

Moscow claims control of Soledar but Kyiv says fighting continues

The capture of the town in eastern Ukraine would enable Russian troops to envelop the nearby city of Bakhmut.

The Independent UK

Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

As Russian troops wage a ferocious fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow

France 24

Putin’s army chief handed ‘poisoned chalice’ amid Russian power tussle

President Vladimir Putin has put his top military officer Valery Gerasimov in charge of Russia’s stalled invasion of Ukraine, in the latest reshuffle since the start of the war. The chief of the general staff will be expected to bolster the army’s sagging war effort while contending with the Wagner…

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Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in eastern Ukraine's Soledar

Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, which would mark an elusive victory for the Kremlin but come at the cost of heavy Russian casualties and extensive destruction of the territory they claim.

The Independent UK

Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in east

Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine

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