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The Russian Wagner mercenary group is to be declared a terrorist organisation by Britain in a move that will make it meaning it illegal to belong to or support the organisation.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps defended the time it had taken to make the move.

At the end of August, Ukraine declared it had finally managed to pierce Russia’s first line of defence after retaking the small village of Robotyne in Ukraine’s south. This key advance coincided with a Russian mercenary group’s threat to stop fighting on Russia’s behalf on the front lines of the…

The apparent assassination of Yevgeny Prigozhin in the crash of his private jet between Moscow and St. Petersburg represents an inflection point in Russian-African relations. Prigozhin, as leader of the notorious Wagner Group, had been the point man for Russia in Africa since Wagner first began operations on the continent…

The message to the world is that the regime in Russia remains stable despite the mutiny, despite Prigozhin’s death and despite the western sanctions

Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s legacy; Ukraine captures key village on the southern Zaporizhzhia front; life on the ISS at a time of war

As the war enters its 555th day, these are the main developments.

The restructured and rebranded Wagner Group will survive to serve the interests of Putin and the Russian state for the foreseeable future, writes Stephen Hoadley

Where were you when you heard that Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aircraft had crashed and he was presumed dead? For Ukraine watchers it was something of a surreal JFK moment. And, like the Zapruder tape, the video footage of the Russian mercenary group commander’s Embraer Legacy 600 private jet…