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How ‘Putin’s chef’ and his Wagner Group are cashing in on Sudan and conflicts around the world

They’ve drawn most attention in eastern Ukraine, but it seems wherever war breaks out – from Syria to Sudan – this group of mercenaries can be found profiting from bloodshed, writes World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Fitful Start to New 3-day Truce in Sudan; Airlifts Continue

Sudan's warring generals pledged Tuesday to observe a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to pull Africa's third-largest nation back from the abyss. The claims were immediately undercut by the sound of heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital of Khartoum.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-Wagner commander hopes for asylum after being cleared of violence against Oslo police

A former commander of Russia's Wagner group seeking asylum in Norway was convicted on Thursday of being involved in a bar fight and of carrying an air gun but was acquitted of committing violence against police.

Reuters

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Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF agree to ceasefire starting at midnight – as it happened

Nationwide pause to violence started at midnight, and US is supporting attempts to create a committee to oversee ending hostilities

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 425 of the invasion

Ukraine says Russia is taking up defensive positions in most combat areas apart from Bakhmut

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin spokesperson’s son claims to have fought in Ukraine

Nikolai Peskov, 33, says he sought father’s help to serve anonymously in mercenary group for six months

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war – live: Putin’s forces using ‘Syria tactics’ in destruction of Bakhmut

Russian troops trying to steal ‘as much as they can’ in Kherson amid evacuation

The Independent UK

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 424

As the war enters its 424th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Putin struggling to ‘maintain narrative used to justify the war’, says UK

Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has questioned if they are any Nazi’s in Ukraine, the MoD said

The Independent UK

At least 10 killed, dozens wounded in central Mali attack

Attack took place in Sevare near a military camp that hosts Malian forces, UN peacekeepers, and Russian Wagner fighters.

Al Jazeera

Sudan: violence between army and militia is a symptom of an old disease that is destroying Africa

A three-day ceasefire to mark the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr in Khartoum appears to be dead in the water as fighting continues in the Sudanese capital. According to the World Health Organization, more than 330 people have been killed over the past week. Now, with reports emerging that arms are…

The Conversation

How ‘Putin’s chef’ and his Wagner Group are cashing in on conflicts around the world

The Independent UK

Explainer-Sudan's conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making.

Reuters

Nato ‘confident’ Kyiv can retake territory in new offensive; Moscow issues warrant for Ukrainian spy chief – as it happened

Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine will be able to retake more land; Kyrylo Budanov accused of ‘terrorist attacks’ and arms smuggling

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Al Jazeera

Ukrainian counteroffensive looms as Putin leans on Wagner

What happened in the 60th week of Russia’s war on Ukraine?

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin suffers breakdown after changing cancer medicine, Kremlin source claims

Rumours of Vladimir Putin suffering a temporary "nervous breakdown" came amid speculation he used a body double to represent him while visiting high-ranking Russian generals in Ukraine

Reuters

Russia's private Wagner Group denies it is operating in Sudan

The Russian private military Wagner Group on Wednesday denied it was operating in Sudan and said it had nothing to do with battles rocking the giant impoverished African state.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s Military Accuses Russia of ‘Provocation’ over Bakhmut Incident

A Ukrainian military spokesperson accused Moscow on Wednesday of a "provocation" after Russian proxy forces said Ukrainian forces had blown up four buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, killing 20 civilians. Russia's state-run TASS news agency quoted an unnamed source in the Russian-backed "power structures" of Ukraine's eastern…

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Daily Mirror

Russian soldiers admit killing children and tossing grenades at Ukrainian prisoners

Alexey Savichev and Azamat Uldarov said they, along with other mercenaries, massacred between 300 and 400 people, including about 40 children who were taking refuge in the basement of a nine-floor block of flats in Bakhmut

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 420 of the invasion

Ukraine confirms grain transit to resume in Poland; Patriot air defence systems delivered

Reuters

Factbox-Russian general praised by Wagner boss briefs Putin in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown on video on Tuesday, purportedly in the part of Ukraine's Kherson region controlled by Russian forces, meeting Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, a commander who British military intelligence said had recently been restored to a major role in the Ukraine campaign.

Al Jazeera

Russian mercenaries in Sudan: What is the Wagner Group’s role?

The Russian mercenary group has been accused of plundering Sudan’s gold resources to bankroll operations in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia says Wagner fighters take two more blocks in battered Bakhmut

Russia said on Sunday that Wagner mercenary units supported by airborne troops had captured two more city blocks in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, target of a major offensive by Moscow.

Reuters

Russia's Wagner releases over 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war for Orthodox Easter

Russia's most powerful mercenary group, Wagner, sent at least 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war back to Ukrainian forces to mark Orthodox Easter, according to a video posted by the group's founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Sunday.

The New Daily

Fighting in Bakhmut intensifies as Russia mounts three-prong assault on Ukraine defenders

The war of attrition in Bakhmut is reported to be reaching a climax as Russian mercenaries grip the ravaged city in a pincer movement.

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