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Video reveals how Russian mercenaries recruit inmates for Ukraine war

In a video that emerged Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner Group is seen promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Russian inmates ‘told they’ll be freed if they survive six-months on Ukraine frontline’

Leaked footage shows the founder of Russia’s Wagner Group attempting to recruit prisoners

Evening Standard

Russia's reliance on mercenaries in Ukraine points to the weakness of its military – and Putin's strategy of deflecting blame

Ukrainian forces are gaining ground in the war against Russia. Since early September 2022, they have launched a massive counteroffensive in Ukraine’s northeast region of Kharkiv, reclaiming large swaths of territory.

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‘They were in a sad state’: Ukraine forces find Russians in retreat

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

The Independent UK

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Vladimir Putin sends mass murderer nicknamed 'The Maniac' to fight in Ukraine

Russia sent a man named 'maniac' to the frontline in Ukraine straight from a penal colony jail cell. Now dead, Ivan Neparatov was awarded a prestigious Russian award for fighting in Vladimir Putin's military

Daily Mirror

Tensions mount between Morocco and Tunisia over Western Sahara

In tonight's edition: A political spat between Morocco and Tunisia continues after being sparked over the weekend by Tunis's hosting of the head of the Polisario Front. But first, a report released by a crisis monitoring organisation suggests that Russian mercenaries in Mali target civilians in well over half of…

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Vladimir Putin's forces MUTINY as Russian soldiers refuse to slaughter Ukrainians

The other video parades recruited jail inmates at the frontline in the pro-Vladimir Putin Wagner private army, after being signed up with a promise of their sentences being wiped

Daily Mirror

The real role of pro-Russian Chechens in Ukraine

Known as Kadyrovtsy after their leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the fighters are said to be brutal and delusional.

Al Jazeera

French troop withdrawal from Mali prompts fresh security fears for the region

Mali's relations with Paris deteriorated after a junta took power in an August 2020 coup, eventually triggering the withdrawal of French troops that was completed on Monday. Russian mercenaries may be filling the void left by France's departure amid new fears that jihadists in the Sahel might be expanding their…

France 24

Vladimir Putin’s private army HQ 'blown up after online post gives away secret location'

Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine has continued since March, with Putin's forces being pushed back after an initial wave of attack

Irish Mirror

Ukraine aiming to create chaos within Russian forces, Zelenskiy adviser says

Exclusive: Mykhailo Podolyak says Russian supply lines will be targeted and predicts similar attacks to last week’s explosion at Crimean airbase

The Guardian - UK

Militant Group Claims to Have Killed Wagner Mercenaries in Mali

An Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group claimed to have killed four mercenaries from the Russian private security group Wagner in an ambush in central Mali, the SITE Intelligence monitoring group said Monday. GSIM, the main militant alliance in the Sahel, said it ambushed a group of Wagner soldiers on Saturday as they…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin’s private army HQ 'blown up after online post gives away secret location'

The headquarters of Vladimir Putin's state-backed Wagner Group mercenary fighters was reportedly blown up leaving around 100 dead after a bungling Russian propagandist revealed the location online

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Al Qaeda affiliate claims it killed four Russian mercenaries in Mali

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Mali claimed on Monday it had killed four mercenaries from Russia's private military firm Wagner Group in an ambush around Bandiagara in central Mali.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine claims it has struck base used by Wagner Group paramilitaries

Kyiv says facility used by Russian group destroyed in ‘precision strike’, with bridge near Melitopol also hit

Daily Mirror

Ukraine destroys headquarters of notorious pro-Vladimir Putin Wagner private army

Ukraine has hit the Wagner private army HQ, while Vladimir Putin's 'chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin - who is linked to the private military company - was present at the base

Evening Standard

Ukraine missile strike hits Wagner mercenary group HQ ‘thanks to propaganda video’

Ukrainian politician Anton Gerashchenko said the location of the Wagner base had been tracked down after it featured in a Russian propoganda film

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The Independent UK

Russia struggles to replenish its troops in Ukraine

The Kremlin has refused to announce a full-blown mobilization as Russia suffers military losses in its invasion of Ukraine which is nearing its sixth month

Al Jazeera

Shrouded in secrecy for years, Russia’s Wagner Group opens up

The mysterious network of mercenaries is embracing an ever-public image as the war on Ukraine drags on.

Al Jazeera

In the face of Russian attacks, what motivates Ukrainian troops?

Soldiers battling the invasion have more to fight for than their Russian rivals, so morale is higher among some.

The Guardian - UK

Blinken makes case for democracy at start of sub-Saharan Africa tour

Secretary of state tells reporters in South Africa that US ‘not trying to outdo anyone’ amid growing influence of Russia and China

Reuters

U.N. report links Malian, 'white-skinned' troops to civilian deaths

Malian government troops and "white-skinned soldiers" detained 33 civilians in central Mali in March who were later found shot dead and their bodies burned, sanctions monitors told the U.N. Security Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Russian soldiers accuse superiors of jailing them for refusing to fight

Rare public comments expose tensions inside the ranks of Russia’s army over the invasion of Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Wagner deployed like normal army units on Ukraine front line: UK

UK defence ministry says Russian private military firm allocated specific sectors of front line in eastern Ukraine.

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