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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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Bakhmut burning: fires everywhere as Russians close in on city’s capture

Situation for Bakhmut’s defenders now almost untenable as seven-month assault may be nearing end

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Daily Mirror

Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds into second year as Putin gambles on the long game

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered its second year, with a universal realization that the world is witnessing a long, protracted conflict, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, in which Moscow and Kyiv are hoping against long odds for a decisive breakthrough in 2023.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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’

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

Brawling with elite, Russian mercenary boss wishes politician shot

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the shaven-headed former convict and catering magnate who runs Russia's Wagner mercenary army on the Ukraine frontline, said on Friday that a politician who criticised him should be shot and may end up on a pitchfork.

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.

Reuters

How a former caterer created the mercenary army fighting Putin's war in Ukraine

Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine.

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The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 365 of the invasion

Russian forces step up attacks along eastern frontline; UN to vote on calling for unconditional withdrawal of troops; Zelenskiy says he would welcome meeting with China

Reuters

Moscow agrees to give Wagner more Ukraine battle shells after row - mercenary boss

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, said on Thursday that much-needed ammunition for his troops had been dispatched, after a public row in which he accused the military leadership of treason.

Daily Record

Face to face with Vladimir Putin's killers 'at war with the West including UK'

Up front with two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a world-first interview.

Evening Standard

Russian Wagner chief releases dead soldiers photo amid ammunition shortage

In an attempt to secure the supplies, Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a social media blitz shaming army top brass

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Wagner Group’s bloody year in Ukraine: From murder squad to cannon fodder

It was supposed to be Russia’s secret weapon for a swift and efficient victory in Ukraine. But in the year since Wagner Group mercenaries were dispatched to Kyiv to hunt down Ukraine’s president, what was once an elite murder squad has become a group of mostly ill-trained and unequipped convicts…

Al Jazeera

Wagner chief: Mercenaries slaughtered because of ‘shell hunger’

Yevgeny Prigozhin has repeatedly accused Russia’s military brass of deliberately starving his fighters of munitions.

Daily Mirror

Face-to-face with Vlad's killers who say: 'We are at war with the West - including UK'

The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview

The Guardian - UK

Boss of Wagner mercenary group accuses Russian army chiefs of ‘treason’

Yevgeny Prigozhin says Moscow is refusing to supply the group with munitions and other supplies in Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

China, Russia Deepen Ties as Biden Rallies NATO’s ‘Frontline’ over Ukraine

China pledged a deeper partnership with Russia on Wednesday while US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for NATO's "frontline" eastern members, highlighting global tensions as the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches. However, a day after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was suspending its participation in a nuclear…

Reuters

Russian mercenary boss escalates row with top army brass with image of dead bodies

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin took a bitter public feud with the top army brass to a new level on Wednesday, publishing a grisly image of dozens of his fighters he said had been killed after being deprived of ammunition.

The Independent UK

Ukraine Russia news – live: British Challenger 2 tanks to reach Kyiv within weeks, says Ben Wallace

Britain must sustain its supplies of weapons to war-hit ally, says UK defence minister

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