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Russia's Prigozhin challenges Ukraine's Zelenskiy to aerial duel in cockpit video

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.

Reuters

Head of UN human rights mission expelled from Mali

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.

Radio France Internationale

In pro-Putin Serbia, liberal-minded Russians seek a home

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

The Independent UK

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Ukraine’s defence minister to be moved from post, says Zelenskiy ally

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

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine calls for fighter jets as fierce battles rage in 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…

France 24

Fierce Fighting in North of Ukraine’s Bakhmut, Says Russian Head of Wagner Group

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fierce fighting in north of Ukraine's Bakhmut, says Russian head of Wagner militia

Reuters

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From bus driver to Russian soldier: The journey of an imprisoned Ivorian recruited by Wagner Group

A video posted in early January 2023 showed the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner with a mercenary who was described as Ivorian. By analysing posts shared on social networks and talking to people who knew him at different times in his life, the FRANCE 24 Observers team managed…

France 24

Russian Wagner group battles French 'zombies' in Africa propaganda campaign

Video cartoons circulating on social media have shed light on a Russian propaganda campaign aimed at sapping France's influence among its African allies, analysts say.

Radio France Internationale

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 346 of the invasion

New $2.2bn US military aid package for Ukraine includes bomb that will double strike range; Zelenskiy vows to hold Bakhmut as long as possible

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine’s prosecutor launches criminal case against Wagner chief

Putin-ally Prigozhin leads a mercenary force of thousands, including ex-convicts, in the Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine unveils criminal case against Wagner boss

Ukraine unveiled a criminal case on Friday against the boss of Russia's Wagner mercenary company, and promised to track down and prosecute the company's fighters who try to flee abroad.

Reuters

Norway police to continue interrogation of former Wagner commander

Norwegian police said on Friday they intend to continue to interrogate former Wagner mercenary group commander Andrei Medvedev, who fled from Russia to Norway last month after fighting in the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian soldiers must be on drugs to commit 'very violent acts' seen in Ukraine

Kamran Niaz, an epidemiologist for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), tells The Mirror how the horrors seen in Bucha, Kherson and Kharkiv can't be carried out by people with a "normal mindset"

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Vladimir Putin's soldiers 'pumped full of drugs' so they can fight for hours in Ukraine

The Wagner Group, which has been likened to Vladimir Putin's own personal militia, topped up its ranks by allowing Russia's convicts a chance to fight for the country in exchange for their freedom should they survive

The Guardian - UK

Wagner mercenaries sustain losses in fight for Central African Republic gold

Russian fighters clash with rebels as Kremlin tries to extend power in mineral rich country

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 344 of the invasion

Ukraine warns of major Russian offensive to mark first anniversary of war; Russian rocket destroys apartment building in Kramatorsk, killing two

Reuters

Former Wagner commander says he is sorry for fighting in Ukraine

A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway told Reuters he wanted to apologise for fighting in Ukraine and was speaking out to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice.

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Russian mercenary says soldiers refusing to fight are shot and thrown into graves

Runaway Wagner Group mercenary Andrei Medvedev, 26, who is now seeking asylum in Norway, claims dissenting troops were shot and buried in holes dug out by their recently enlisted comrades

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Says No F-16s for Ukraine as Russia Claims Gains

The United States will not provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has sought in its battle against Russia, President Joe Biden said, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in the country's east. Asked if the United States would provide the jets, Biden told reporters at the…

Evening Standard

UK will look ‘favourably’ at Ukraine’s plea for fighter jets as Joe Biden rules out sending American F-16s

‘I’m sure we will always look at everything that President Zelensky asks for favourably’ - roads minister Richard Holden

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: France to send extra howitzers; military casualties from both sides ‘total 200,000’ – as it happened

Western official at military briefing says similar number of people killed and wounded on each side

Wales Online

Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries 'developing swarm drones with Chinese spies'

Large numbers of the drones would be deployed with the capability to devastate numerous targets of civilians or troops

Reuters

Russia claims village on outskirts of Bakhmut in big push in east

Russia claimed on Tuesday to have captured a village just to the north of Bakhmut, a city it is trying to surround in a major push for what would be its biggest battlefield prize in Ukraine since last summer.

Daily Mirror

Russia's notorious Wagner Group secretly develop 'swarm drones' in deal with Chinese spies

More than 2,500 helicopter-style DJI Mavic2 drones were shipped from Beijing to Moscow in a murky deal between Wagner officers, the Mirror can reveal

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