Chaos on frontlines as Ukraine war threatens to come home for Russia As ‘governor’ claims streets are calm in flooded Kherson, Russian town of Shebekino is emptying amid heavy shelling The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023
Russian army boasts it's destroyed tank - but it's actually a combine harvester Military analysts disputed the Russian defence ministry's footage, saying it appeared to show them blasting farm vehicles with a missile from a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter Daily Mirror · Jun 7, 2023
Ukraine evacuates 17,000 people from flooded areas after dam destroyed Kyiv on Tuesday said it is evacuating over 17,000 people from flooded areas following the partial destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the major hydroelectric dam, which represents a significant resource for the wider region by supplying water to a… France 24 · Jun 6, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 468 As the war enters its 468th day, these are the main developments. Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2023
Ukraine’s troops attack along front in apparent precursor to counteroffensive Russian forces driven back in at least two areas as Zelenskiy hails advances by his country’s ‘warriors’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023
Putin ‘private army’ chief accuses Russian troops of ‘running away’ as Ukraine army retakes land near Bakhmut Western officials estimate Wagner Group and Russia’s regular army was hit with 60,000 casualties in battle for Bakhmut Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2023
Russia says it thwarted major attack in Ukraine but lost some ground Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack formed the beginning of Ukraine's long-anticipated counteroffensive. Reuters · Jun 5, 2023
Wagner captures Russian commander as Prigozhin feud with army escalates Lt Col Roman Venevitin seen telling interrogator he ordered troops to shoot at convoy of mercenaries The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023
Russian tactics will produce more losses near Bakhmut, Wagner boss says Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin decried the loss to Ukrainian forces of a village near Bakhmut and said tactics used by regular Russian forces would lead to more setbacks within two weeks. Reuters · Jun 5, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 466 of the invasion Blast near Dnipro leaves 20 injured; Zelenskiy says Ukraine is ready to launch counteroffensive; Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying Russia The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2023
Frantic search for survivors after Russian missile blasts Ukraine apartment block A child is believed trapped beneath the rubble of a Ukraine apartment complex smashed by a Russian missile. The New Daily · Jun 3, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war as it happened: Kremlin infighting ‘destroying Russian state’, says Wagner head Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin criticises factionalism within Russian hierarchy The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2023
Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying the Russian state Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that Kremlin factions were destroying the state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. Reuters · Jun 3, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 465 As the war enters its 465th day, here’s a look at the main developments. Al Jazeera · Jun 3, 2023
Reuters · Jun 2, 2023 Russian forces tried to blow up my men, says mercenary boss Prigozhin Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been arguing with top military brass for months, on Friday escalated the feud by accusing pro-Moscow forces of trying to blow up his men.
Reuters · Jun 2, 2023 Russia: Chechen special forces waging offensive in east Ukraine Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that the "Akhmat" group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
The Conversation · Jun 2, 2023 Ukraine war: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the 'warrior constituency' that could threaten Putin from the right As he claimed victory in the battle for Bakhmut, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner private military company (PMC), gave another of his firebrand interviews. He lambasted, in unequivocal terms, the Russian minister of defence and his chief of staff, Russia’s “deep state” – namely, the presidential administration and the…
Reuters · Jun 1, 2023 'Stop yelling': Top Chechen fighter scolds Russia's Wagner mercenary chief One of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's close allies on Thursday publicly criticised Russia's most prominent mercenary, casting Yevgeny Prigozhin as a blogger who yells all the time about problems, drawing a stern rebuke from a top Wagner fighter.
Reuters · Jun 1, 2023 Russian mercenary boss slams army 'clowns' as he marks birthday at training camp Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his Wagner group would fight on in Ukraine if his men got a separate section of the front without having to depend on "clowns" who ran swathes of the Russian armed forces.
Al Jazeera · Jun 1, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 463 As the war enters its 463rd day, here’s a look at the main developments.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: two wounded after Belgorod strike, says governor; investigation into ‘locked’ shelter in Kyiv – as it happened Governor of Russian border town says drone fell on road way; claims that three people killed in capital sought safety in locked shelter
ABC News · May 31, 2023 Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin calls for investigation into 'crimes' of top Russian defence officials Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, asks prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials committed any "crime" before or during the war in Ukraine.
Al Jazeera · May 31, 2023 Bakhmut falls silent as Russia and Ukraine trade air raids Silence proves worse than the noise of battle for Russian morale as Ukraine appears to attack Russia.
Reuters · May 31, 2023 Iraqi killed fighting for Russia's Wagner in Ukraine, says group founder An Iraqi citizen fighting with Russia's Wagner mercenary force was killed in Ukraine in early April, the first confirmed case of a Middle East native dying in the conflict, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin told Reuters on Wednesday.
Reuters · May 31, 2023 Prigozhin asks prosecutors to probe 'crime' by top Russian defence officials Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Wednesday that he had asked prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials had committed any "crime" before or during the war in Ukraine.