The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Moscow is seeking to expand its influence in Africa. This week has seen another diplomatic flurry by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with visits to Mali, Mauritania and Sudan.

The Prime Minister told MPs he had discussed his support for such a move with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russian missiles hit power facilities on Friday across Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from a tour of Western capitals and Ukrainian officials said a long-awaited Russian offensive was underway in the east.

The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Monday published a video of himself in the cockpit of a military aircraft, challenging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to an aerial duel.

The head of the human rights division of the United Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been declared persona non-grata by the Malian authorities. Guillaume Andali has been asked to leave the country by 7 February. The government accuses him of bias.

About 200,000 Russians have left their homeland for Serbia since the start of the war in Ukraine

Head of president’s parliamentary bloc seems to confirm reshuffle of Oleksii Reznikov as Russians close in on Bakhmut

Ukraine's defence minister said on Sunday the reluctance of Western allies to send fighter jets would cost Ukrainian forces "more lives" as fierce fighting continued in the eastern battleground city of Bakhmut. Earlier, Germany's prosecutor general said his office had collected "hundreds" of pieces of evidence showing war crimes committed…

The head of Russia's private Wagner militia said on Sunday that fierce fighting was ongoing in the northern parts of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has been the focus of Russian forces' attention for weeks. Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the founder and head of the Wagner group, said his soldiers were…