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Russia says Ukrainian city of Bakhmut captured

Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war.

Reuters · May 20, 2023

Russian private army head claims control of Bakhmut, war's longest battle

The head of the Russian private army Wagner claims his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense officials have denied it

The Independent UK · May 20, 2023

Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds

Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

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Ukraine denies Russia's Wagner has captured Bakhmut

Ukraine's military denied on Saturday that Russia's Wagner private military unit had taken full control of the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut and said its troops were continuing to fight there.

Reuters · May 20, 2023

Russia's Prigozhin claims capture of Bakhmut, Ukraine says fighting goes on

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday his Wagner fighters had completed the capture of Bakhmut, but Ukraine rejected the claim and said fighting was still going on.

Reuters · May 20, 2023

Ukraine-Russia war - live: Putin thanks troops for ‘taking Bakhmut’ as Zelensky says ‘nothing left’ in city

President’s office pushes back against Russia’s claim to have taken key battle city

The Independent UK · May 20, 2023

Russia's Prigozhin says Bakhmut will not fall in next two days

Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to his mercenary forces in the next two days as fighting raged around Ukrainian soldiers holed up in a makeshift "fortress" in the south of the city.

Reuters · May 19, 2023

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Bakhmut battle rages as Ukraine claims advances, Russian retreat

The Institute for the Study of War says Ukrainian forces have seized the ‘tactical initiative’ in Bakhmut.

Al Jazeera · May 19, 2023

Explosions as air raid alerts sound throughout Ukraine

Ukraine's military has mobilised anti-aircraft units after air raid alerts sounded throughout the country amid reports of Russian drone attacks.

The New Daily · May 19, 2023

Ukraine repels Russian forces in Bakhmut after overnight strikes on Kyiv

Vladimir Putin’s forces hammer Ukraine capital for the ninth time this month

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

Ukraine says it advances, repels Russia attacks at Bakhmut

Ukraine said it had repelled a day of Russian attacks in and around the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut on Thursday and made gains of a kilometre in some places while buying time for "certain planned actions".

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russian retreats reported

Ukraine's military and Russia's Wagner private army both reported fresh Russian retreats on the outskirts of Bakhmut, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned major counteroffensive.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Russian forces in retreat near Bakhmut, Ukraine and Wagner say

The Ukrainian military and Russia's Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats around the city of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned counteroffensive.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Russian mercenary boss accuses regular army of leaving Bakhmut's flanks exposed

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, on Thursday accused regular Russian army units of pulling back 570 metres north of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, leaving his own fighters' flanks exposed.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

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Al Jazeera · May 18, 2023

The Sudan crisis: A power struggle by design

How do the rival Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF stack up against each other, and what might happen next?

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Ex-Wagner commander who sought asylum in Norway wants to return to Russia

A former commander of Russia's Wagner group who sought asylum in Norway after crossing the Russian-Norwegian border in January said on Wednesday he wanted to return to Russia even though he believed this could pose a risk to his life.

France 24 · May 17, 2023

Ukraine tells China it won’t accept ceding land to Russia

Ukraine’s foreign minister told a top Chinese envoy at talks in Kyiv on Wednesday that Kyiv would not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia that involved it losing territory or freezing the conflict, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said. Follow our blog to see how the day's events…

The Conversation · May 16, 2023

Putin under pressure: the military melodrama between the Wagner group and Russia’s armed forces

As Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine continues, another rant by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of the paramilitary Wagner group, has laid bare the power struggle at the top of Russia’s military leadership.

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The Week · May 16, 2023

What is the Wagner Group? The mercenaries offering ‘muscle to dictators’

The head of the shadowy Wagner Group of mercenary fighters allegedly offered to reveal Russian military positions to Ukraine in exchange for Kyiv withdrawing its troops from the city of Bakhmut.

Reuters · May 15, 2023

Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelenskiy wins more weapons in Europe

Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.

Al Jazeera · May 15, 2023

Wagner boss offered up Russian positions to Kyiv: Washington Post

US newspaper report, denied by mercenary group leader, says locations were offered in exchange for a Bakhmut withdrawal.

Reuters · May 15, 2023

Kremlin, mercenary boss dismiss report Wagner offered to betray Russian troops

The head of Russia's Wagner private army dismissed a U.S. newspaper report on Monday that he had offered to betray Russian positions, and the Kremlin called it a "hoax".

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

Wagner chief ‘offered to give up locations of Russian soldiers’ to Ukraine, leaked papers say

Extraordinary offer to trade control of Bakhmut for war secrets was rejected by Ukraine, reports say

ABC News · May 15, 2023

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly offered to reveal Russian troop locations to Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin offered to reveal the position of Russian troops to the Ukrainian government, the Washington Post reports, citing leaked US intelligence documents.

France 24 · May 15, 2023

UK promises attack drones, missiles for Ukraine as Zelensky visits Sunak

Britain announced Monday that it would deliver long-range attack drones and air-defence missiles to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky continued his European tour with talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Ukrainian President has met with leaders in Italy, Germany and France in recent days, securing a promise from…

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