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The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

‘Pincers are closing’: Ukraine defiant as mercenaries ‘surround’ city of Bakhmut

Russian troops and mercenaries have rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, bringing them closer to their

The New Daily

Bakhmut pounded by Russian forces and ‘pincers are closing’ on city, says Putin’s war chief

Wagner units ‘have practically surrounded Bakhmut’ amid heavy shelling

The Independent UK

Wagner chief calls on Zelenskiy to abandon ‘encircled’ Bakhmut

Yevgeny Prigozhin says his troops are fighting against old men and children in besieged eastern Ukraine town

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Battered Ukraine force all but surrounded in bloody rubble of Bakhmut

Russian troops and mercenaries have been closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, on the cusp of Moscow's first major

The New Daily

Russian Mercenary Boss Says Bakhmut Effectively Surrounded

Russian troops and mercenaries were closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, on the cusp of Moscow's first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war. The head of Russia's Wagner private army said the city, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Scholz hold talks as Russian forces close in on Bakhmut – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, says Russian ‘pincers are getting tighter’ around contested city

The Guardian - AU

No, Russia did not 'capture and destroy' Ukraine's Leopard 2 tanks

According to social media images, Leopard 2 tanks – recently delivered to Ukraine after weeks of waiting – have been destroyed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group. But Wagner's head Yevgeny Prigozhin has denied the claims, and the images have in fact been around on the internet for a while. We…

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Blinken tells Lavrov US will support Kyiv for as long as it takes during meeting in margins of G20 summit – as it happened

US secretary of state speaks to Russian foreign minister in what is believed to be their first one-on-one conversation since invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 371 of the invasion

Finnish MPs to vote on speeding up Nato accession process; Kremlin dismisses Ukraine denial it sent drones to attack targets within Russia

The Guardian - AU

‘If you don’t burrow in you die pretty quickly’: the relentless battle for Bakhmut

Ukrainian soldiers who have been holding off a Russian offensive around the city describe intense fighting

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s troops are ‘destroying everything’ Ukrainian forces using to defend Bakhmut, says Volodymyr Zelensky

The months-long battle for Bakhmut has been among the bloodiest of the war, with thousands of casualties on both sides

Evening Standard

Head of Wagner private army demands Putin sends defence minister's son-in-law to fight

Daily Mirror

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

China has accused the U.S. of “outright bullying and double standards" in leveling what it called “illegal" sanctions on Chinese companies as part of U.S. actions against Russia’s Wagner Group and related companies and individuals

The Independent UK

Macron to outline revamped Africa strategy ahead of four-nation tour

President Emmanuel Macron is to lay out on Monday France's revamped political and military strategy for Africa, two days ahead of a tour of central African countries, as Paris seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

Radio France Internationale

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The Guardian - AU

US ‘will stand with Ukraine as long as it takes’, says Treasury secretary on visit to Kyiv – as it happened

Janet Yellen, on surprise visit to Ukrainian capital, says US and allies discussing strategies to ensure Russia pays for devastation of war

France 24

France must demonstrate 'profound humility' toward Africa, Macron says ahead of four-nation trip

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday outlined France's new strategy for Africa, where anti-French sentiment runs high in some of its former colonies. Ahead of a visit to Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Macron said that France needs to demonstrate a "profound humility" in Africa.

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin accuses west of seeking to ‘dismember’ Russia

Russian leader’s comments on state TV channel follow first anniversary of invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin accuses west of wanting to dismantle Russia – as it happened

Putin makes claim in TV address; mercenary boss and Ukraine make conflicting claims over control of Yahidne village

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Evening Standard

Labour calls for Russian mercenary Wagner Group to be proscribed as terrorists

Labour party wants to follow US who class Wagner as ‘transnational criminal organisation’

The Independent UK

Labour demands that ministers proscribe Wagner Group as terror organisation

The party said the move would make it a criminal offence to belong or support the private military outfit that is working with Russia in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia's Prigozhin, Ukraine give varying accounts on fighting near Bakhmut

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said forces of his Wagner group had captured the village of Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.

Reuters

Ukraine war: major developments since Russia's invasion

After stunning Ukrainian counter-attacks forced Russian invaders into humiliating retreat on several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow has rebounded with small but steady advances in eastern Ukraine as the war marks its first anniversary.

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 366 of the invasion

Commemorations staged around world on first anniversary of Russian invasion; Zelenskiy says Ukraine has proved ‘invincible’

Reuters

Russia's Wagner claims control of Ukrainian village near Bakhmut

Russia's Wagner group of mercenaries has taken full control of the Ukrainian village of Berkhivka, a village on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday.

France 24

Ukraine’s prosecutor: 'We’ve collected evidence that Wagner has committed war crimes'

The prosecutor general of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin, told FRANCE 24 that he had identified and collected evidences of war crimes committed by the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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