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What next for the Wagner Group as leader presumed dead in plane crash?

Options for the mercenary group – in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported demise – include complete dissolution, nationalisation into the conventional Russian army or finding a new leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold the key to the future

The Independent UK

Wagner Group: Timeline of Yevgeny Progozhin’s private army as leader ‘killed in plane crash’

Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as Putin’s chef because he formerly provide catering services to the Kremlin, is reported dead in plane crash northwest of Moscow

The Independent UK

What next for the Wagner Group as leader presumed dead in plane crash?

Options for the mercenary group – in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported death in a plane crash – include complete dissolution, nationalisation into the conventional Russian army or finding a new leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold the key to the future

The Independent UK

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If Putin has eliminated Prigozhin, the result could be more – not less – instability for Russia

The Russian president has seemingly upped the stakes: anyone who challenges his regime will have to see it through to the end, says Samantha de Bendern, associate fellow at Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

Wigs, gold bars and pictures of severed heads: Inside Wagner boss’s lavish Russian mansion

Pro-Kremlin media reported that a raid on the Wagner chief’s flat had been conducted by Russian forces

The Independent UK

Poland's leader says Russia's moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, shifting regional security

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says that Russia already is in the process of shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus

The Independent UK

‘Wagner is victim of its own brand name’: How much of a threat does mercenary group pose in Belarus?

Any attempt to breach Ukraine’s northern border would make no logistical sense, experts tell The Independent

The Independent UK

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‘Wagner is victim of its own brand name’: How much of a threat does mercenary group pose in Belarus?

Any attempt to breach Ukraine’s northern border would make no logistical sense, experts tell The Independent

The Independent UK

Russia’s Lavrov says West needs continual reminder of risks of nuclear war

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says US and NATO risk ‘a situation of direct armed confrontation of nuclear powers’.

Al Jazeera

Is Belarus the next serious threat to the West?

Belarus would be willing to use nuclear weapons in the face of foreign “aggression”, said the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko.

The Week

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 541

As the war enters its 541st day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

China's defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Thursday visited Belarus and said his country would increase military cooperation with Russia’s neighbor, where Moscow is deploying tactical nuclear weapons

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: two drones shot down near Crimean bridge – as it happened

Russian defence ministry says 14 Ukrainian drones destroyed by air defences and another six jammed electronically over the occupied peninsula

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 535

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 535th day.

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 535 of the invasion

Zelenskiy fires regional military recruitment chiefs in anti-corruption drive; Russia gains ground around north-east town of Kupiansk

The Independent UK

Wagner tracker: Charting Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group through the Ukraine war

From Bucha to the battle for Bakhmut, we track Wagner’s bloody role in Vladimir Putin’s invasion

Radio France Internationale

Poland to deploy 10,000 troops to guard its border with Belarus

Poland's defence minister said on Thursday the country planned to massively increase its forces guarding the border with Belarus, amid concerns about migrants trying to enter the EU without permission and potential threats from Wagner mercenaries.

Evening Standard

Poland sends 2,000 troops to Belarus border amid Wagner fears

Poland is sending twice as many troops as expected to reinforce its border after hundreds of Wagner mercenaries flooded into Belarus.

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The Independent UK

Wagner tracker: Charting Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group through the Ukraine war

From Bucha to the battle for Bakhmut, we track Wagner’s bloody role in Vladimir Putin’s invasion

The Independent UK

Ukraine accuses Russia of planning ‘false flag’ attack in Belarus to draw Minsk into war

Putin’s close ally Lukashenko has vowed not to enter war unless Belarus is attacked by Ukraine

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: counter-offensive gathers pace while Wagner Group takes on new role

Reports from the front lines of the various conflict zones reveal daily just how difficult Ukraine is finding its summer counter-offensive. Russia has had months to build defensive fortifications and Ukrainian troops are having to fight their way through territory which – according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s…

The Independent UK

EU imposes sanctions on dozens in Belarus over protest crackdown and support for Russia

The European Union has imposed sanctions on several Belarus police, justice and prison officials over the crackdown on anti-government activists that started three years ago

The Independent UK

‘Extremely dangerous’ Wagner fighters seeking to destabilise Nato, Poland warns

The mercenaries have been training Belarusian forces close to the Polish border in recent weeks

The Independent UK

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank

Polish and Lithuanian leaders have held an urgent meeting in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad

The Independent UK

Why are Wagner mercenaries in Belarus – and would they try to invade Poland?

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

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