The Latest Breaking News from Yevgeny Prigozhin

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 520th day.

President says Russia will replace blocked Ukrainian exports after it abandoned pact on passage of ships

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders and officials from most African countries that his nation is making full efforts to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments from Ukraine will cause shortages and price spikes

Ukraine war and grain deal exit loom over forum that could be ‘make or break for Putin’ in courting Africa

Some African leaders have arrived in Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin seeks more allies amid the fighting in Ukraine

Parliamentary report also criticises the ‘remarkably complacent’ attitude of the government to Wagner’s activities across the last decade

British lawmakers say the U.K. has underestimated the threat posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and should ban it as a terrorist organization

Foreign affairs select committee condemns government’s ‘dismal lack of understanding’ about group’s hold in Africa

Ukrainian and other European security officials say no orders came from Putin on 24 June when the Wagner rebellion broke out

Fighters from the group are training Belarusian troops near the border with Nato member Poland

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko reportedly remarked – suppposedly in a joking tone – during a recent meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg that Wagner mercenaries are eager to move into Poland.