Wagner Group chief claims control of Bakhmut but Ukraine says fighting continues
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In a video posted on Telegram the head of Russia’s mercenary army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said the city came under complete Russian control at about midday Saturday
Five maps explaining the possible staging points for Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kyiv’s attack to recover territories occupied by Moscow is expected to take place before mid-June along the southern and eastern front lines, where Russian forces have dug in
Russia on edge as Ukrainian gains spread fears over imminent counteroffensive
Moscow acknowledges having withdrawn its troops on one flank in Bakhmut while rumors abound on social media of Kyiv’s forces advancing and even preparing to cross the border
No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries
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A threat by the owner of private Russian military company Wagner on Friday to withdraw his fighters from the battle to seize an eastern Ukrainian city is another flareup in his dispute with Russia’s regular military
The shadow of Russia hangs over the hornet’s nest of Sudan
Brussels and Washington state that the Wagner Group operates in the African country through shell companies and is involved in the exploitation and smuggling of gold
The African laboratory of the Wagner Group: Diamonds, violence and political alliances
The Russian mercenary organization has turned the impoverished Central African Republic into a successful center of economic and military influence for Moscow