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Taliban kills mastermind behind Kabul airport bombing, Ed Sheeran faces court on copyright allegations — as it happened

This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News

How ‘Putin’s chef’ and his Wagner Group are cashing in on Sudan and conflicts around the world

They’ve drawn most attention in eastern Ukraine, but it seems wherever war breaks out – from Syria to Sudan – this group of mercenaries can be found profiting from bloodshed, writes World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF agree to ceasefire starting at midnight – as it happened

Nationwide pause to violence started at midnight, and US is supporting attempts to create a committee to oversee ending hostilities

The Guardian - UK

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Kremlin spokesperson’s son claims to have fought in Ukraine

Nikolai Peskov, 33, says he sought father’s help to serve anonymously in mercenary group for six months

The Guardian - UK

Nikolai Peskov: Putin spokesman’s son ‘joined Wagner private army in Ukraine’

Nikolai Peskov is also known as Nikolai Choles and speaks fluent English after spending time as a youth in London

Evening Standard

Russian forces ‘forcibly evacuating’ civilians in Kherson, says Ukraine

Apparent move in occupied areas comes as Ukrainian military sets up positions on eastern side of Dnipro River

The Guardian - UK

Son of Vladimir Putin's spokesman says he served with Wagner in Ukraine

The son of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in an interview published on Saturday that he had served in Ukraine under an assumed name as an artilleryman in the Wagner mercenary force, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported.

Reuters

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Putin struggling to ‘maintain narrative used to justify the war’, says UK

Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has questioned if they are any Nazi’s in Ukraine, the MoD said

The Independent UK

Russia struggling to ‘maintain narrative used to justify the war’, says UK

Wagner Group boss and an ally of the Russian President Yevgeny Prigozhin has also issued warnings over the impending Ukrainian offensive following the delivery of new western military aid

Evening Standard

Murder, ‘alcohol and prostitutes’: Wagner convicts pardoned by Putin return to terrorise home towns

Violent criminals who served with the notorious Russian militia in Ukraine are terrorising the communities they return to

The Guardian - UK

How ‘Putin’s chef’ and his Wagner Group are cashing in on conflicts around the world

The Independent UK

Ukrainian counteroffensive looms as Putin leans on Wagner

What happened in the 60th week of Russia’s war on Ukraine?

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin suffers breakdown after changing cancer medicine, Kremlin source claims

Rumours of Vladimir Putin suffering a temporary "nervous breakdown" came amid speculation he used a body double to represent him while visiting high-ranking Russian generals in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russia's private Wagner Group denies it is operating in Sudan

The Russian private military Wagner Group on Wednesday denied it was operating in Sudan and said it had nothing to do with battles rocking the giant impoverished African state.

Reuters

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AFP

Wagner keeps low profile in Sudan to preserve interests

Paris (AFP) - Russian mercenary outfit Wagner has been present in Sudan for years, but has kept a low profile during recent clashes to preserve its interests in the gold-rich country, experts say.

Daily Mirror

Russian soldiers admit killing children and tossing grenades at Ukrainian prisoners

Alexey Savichev and Azamat Uldarov said they, along with other mercenaries, massacred between 300 and 400 people, including about 40 children who were taking refuge in the basement of a nine-floor block of flats in Bakhmut

The Guardian - UK

Wagner mercenary admits ‘tossing grenades’ at injured Ukrainian PoWs

Former convict tells of torturing troops and says he does ‘not regret a single thing’

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin visits occupied Kherson as G7 condemns nuclear plan

Russian president attends military command meeting in Kherson

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Al Jazeera

Russian mercenaries in Sudan: What is the Wagner Group’s role?

The Russian mercenary group has been accused of plundering Sudan’s gold resources to bankroll operations in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia's Wagner releases over 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war for Orthodox Easter

Russia's most powerful mercenary group, Wagner, sent at least 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war back to Ukrainian forces to mark Orthodox Easter, according to a video posted by the group's founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Sunday.

AFP

In east Ukraine, holding the line, waiting to attack

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - In a muddied trench under fire from Russian forces 200 metres away, Ukrainian servicemen injured while holding the line near the bloodiest battle of Moscow's invasion face a precarious extraction.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy and UK prime minister discuss accelerating military support for Ukraine – as it happened

Rishi Sunak also condemns beheading of Ukrainian prisoner of war as leaders discuss situation on battlefield

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 415 of the invasion

MoD says Russian and Wagner troops are making gains in Donetsk frontline town; US arrests 21-year-old air national guardsman over Pentagon leaks

The Conversation

Bakhmut is increasingly a quagmire that works to Russia's advantage

The Battle for Bakhmut raging in eastern Ukraine has captured the attention of the outside world.

AFP

Russia claims Bakhmut surrounded, Kyiv says holding on

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said Thursday it had cut off Ukrainian forces inside Bakhmut, while Kyiv insisted supply lines were still open into the town, scene of the most brutal battle of the war.

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