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Loyalty of Russia security forces ‘key to how crisis plays out’ for Moscow after Wagner rebellion, says MoD

UK defence officials said feud between the Wagner group and the Russian defence ministry ‘escalated into outright military confrontation’ in the early hours of Saturday

Evening Standard

Wagner group rebellion call marks ‘most significant challenge’ to Russia – MoD

UK defence officials said the loyalty of Russia’s security forces ‘will be key to how the crisis plays out’.

The Independent UK

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? The Wagner Group mercenary chief urging a ‘civil war’ against Putin

Long a low-profile Russian businessman, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has taken the spotlight in Russia

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Wagner chief urging uprising against Russia has long ties to Putin

Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war in Ukraine

France 24

Prigozhin, the mercenary chief urging an uprising against Russia's generals, has long ties to Putin

Long a low-profile Russian businessman, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has taken the spotlight in Russia

The Independent UK

Who are Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenary group

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but the Wagner leader’s threats against the country’s military leadership show tensions escalating to an alarming extent

The Independent UK

Russian tanks in Moscow amid fears Wagner Group is plotting coup to overthrow Putin

Ther mercenary group's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed revenge after accusing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering an attack on Bakhmut training camp

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Wagner chief rejects Putin’s accusations of treason

Yevgeny Prigozhin says Putin is ‘deeply mistaken’ and that Wagner fighters are not traitors but ‘patriots.’

Al Jazeera

Russian mercenary chief says his forces are rebelling to oust the defense minister

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner private military contractor, made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet on Friday, calling for a rebellion aimed at ousting Russia's defense minister.

WEKU

Does Prigozhin, Russia’s Wagner chief, have political ambitions?

The Wagner leader is becoming a recognisable public figure in Russia and has staked out a niche among conservatives.

Al Jazeera

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

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.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine counter-offensive ‘ready to begin,’ claims official

A senior Ukrainian security official has said the country is ready to launch a counter-offensive against Russian forces.

Evening Standard

Wagner mercenaries ‘withdraw from Bakhmut to focus on other battles in Donbas,’ says MoD

Wagner Group forces have begun to withdraw from the city of Bakhmut and will likely focus on other offensive operations in the Donbas region, according to British intelligence chiefs.

Evening Standard

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Reuters

US warns Wagner Group seeking arms, slaps sanctions on group's head in Mali

The U.S. on Thursday said Russian mercenary force Wagner Group may be working through Mali and other countries to hide its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and accused it of supplying a Sudanese paramilitary with surface-to-air missiles.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Moscow's 'pyrrhic victory' in Bakhmut prompts unrest in the Russian military, but it's all smiles for Zelensky

After the best part of a year, Russia has claimed victory in the meat-grinder that was the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east. But the battle achieved virtually none of Russia’s original strategic objectives and came at a cost of Russian lives, estimated by Wagner Group boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, as…

Evening Standard

Putin Wagner Group ‘private army’ chief says his troops withdrawing from eastern town of Bakhmut

The Wagner army is believed to have suffered 20,000 casualties in battle for Ukrainian city

Evening Standard

Russian private army Wagner Group has lost 20,000 troops in battle for Bakhmut, says leader

Yevgeny Prigozhin said about 20 per cent of the 50,000 Russian prisoners recruited to fight in the 15-month war died in the eastern Ukrainian city

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The Independent UK

Who are the Wagner Group and why are they so involved in Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but their leader’s frank dispatches have increasingly rattled the Moscow establishment

The Week

Bakhmut: is devastating nine-month battle coming to an end?

It is still unclear whether the months-long battle for control of Bakhmut has ended, with claims by Moscow that the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group had finally captured the city being countered by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Week

Battle of Bakhmut: a ‘pyrrhic victory’ for Russia?

The Independent UK

Who are the Wagner Group and why are they so involved in Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but their leader’s frank dispatches have increasingly rattled the Moscow establishment

Evening Standard

Head of Wagner Group admits Bakhmut ‘unlikely to be taken’ by Russia in the coming days as Ukraine digs in

The head of the Wagner Group has admitted his private mercenary group won’t be able to take Bakhmut in the coming days despite months of fighting.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine battles Russia in Bakhmut as Zelenskyy secures more arms

What happened in the 64th week of Russia’s war in Ukraine?

The Conversation

Putin under pressure: the military melodrama between the Wagner group and Russia’s armed forces

As Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine continues, another rant by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of the paramilitary Wagner group, has laid bare the power struggle at the top of Russia’s military leadership.

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