The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Ukrainian troops will launch a long-awaited counter assault "very soon" now that Russia's offensive in Bakhmut is losing steam, Ukraine's top ground forces commander says.

The Ministry of Defence has responded to furious threats by Russian warmonger Vladimir Putin who is unhappy at reports the UK is set to send ammunition to help Ukraine

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin told Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in a letter published on Monday that the Ukrainian army was planning an imminent offensive aimed at cutting off his Wagner forces from the main body of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin hosted his "dear friend" Xi Jinping for dinner in the Kremlin on Monday, showing off his relationship with his most powerful ally just days after an international court called for the Russian President's arrest for war crimes in Ukraine. Washington denounced Xi's visit, saying the timing showed Beijing…

(This March 20 story has been corrected to show that Xi was re-elected earlier in March and not last month in paragraph 3)

Russian president flew in by helicopter and then drove a car in several districts of the city, site of one of the war’s bloodiest battles

Russian president visits Mariupol after his forces accused of using cluster bombs in Kramatorsk strikes that leave two dead

Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to recruit approximately 30,000 new fighters by the middle of May, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday.

It is exactly one month ago that I gave a speech on the eve of the Munich Security Conference. Since then, so many remarkable things have happened -- and have happened so fast -- that it is worth comparing my predictions of a month ago with actual developments.