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Vladimir Putin's soldiers 'pumped full of drugs' so they can fight for hours in Ukraine

The Wagner Group, which has been likened to Vladimir Putin's own personal militia, topped up its ranks by allowing Russia's convicts a chance to fight for the country in exchange for their freedom should they survive

Daily Mirror

A pro-Russian social media campaign is trying to influence politics in Africa

Researchers have identified a large network pushing pro-Russian themes and messages to French-speaking audiences around Africa, amid long-running efforts by Russia to gain influence in the region.

WEKU

Experts seek investigation of Wagner Group, Mali forces

Independent human rights experts working with the U.N. are calling for an investigation of possible abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government forces in Mali and Russian military contractor the Wagner Group

The Independent UK

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Russian mercenary says soldiers refusing to fight are shot and thrown into graves

Runaway Wagner Group mercenary Andrei Medvedev, 26, who is now seeking asylum in Norway, claims dissenting troops were shot and buried in holes dug out by their recently enlisted comrades

Daily Mirror

Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries 'developing swarm drones with Chinese spies'

Large numbers of the drones would be deployed with the capability to devastate numerous targets of civilians or troops

Wales Online

Russia's notorious Wagner Group secretly develop 'swarm drones' in deal with Chinese spies

More than 2,500 helicopter-style DJI Mavic2 drones were shipped from Beijing to Moscow in a murky deal between Wagner officers, the Mirror can reveal

Daily Mirror

North Korea could get a vital lifeline from arms sales to Russia

Russia’s hunt for weapons to fire at Ukraine could provide a lifeline for North Korea, where even a relatively modest arms deal would help lift the country’s cash-starved and stagnant economy into growth.

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Ukraine says it repels attack around Blahodatne, Wagner claims control

Ukraine's military said on Sunday its forces repelled an attack in the area of Blahodatne in the eastern part of the Donetsk region, while Russia's Wagner private military group said it took control of the village.

Reuters

David Pratt's Four Corners: Israel and Palestine tinderbox close to catching fire

THESE days it is rarely out of the headlines. This past week alone, the United States has formally labelled the Wagner Group a “transnational…

The National (Scotland)

Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force

Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop has defended the military government’s cooperation with Russia

The Independent UK

Brutality of Russia's Wagner gives it lead in Ukraine war

Fierce battles in eastern Ukraine have thrown a new spotlight on a private Russian military group led by a rogue millionaire with longtime links to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

US sanctions Chinese firm ‘supplying Russia’s Wagner group’ with satellite imagery

The US has sanctioned a Chinese firm accused of helping a Russian mercenary group’s military operation in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Commentary: Why the Wagner Group’s influence in West Africa is growing

France has waged a counterterrorism campaign in the small West African country of Burkina Faso since 2018. But on Jan. 20, hundreds of protesters in the capital city of Ouagadougou waved Russian flags and demanded the French army’s ouster. Days later, the country’s military government told the French to leave…

Chicago Tribune

US Toughens Sanctions Against Russia's Wagner

The United States on Thursday stepped up sanctions against the Wagner Group, labeling the Russian mercenary company fighting in Ukraine as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread human rights abuses. Wagner has been locked in a battle to take the towns of Bakhmut and Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk…

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Al Jazeera

Fresh US sanctions target Russia’s Wagner mercenary group

Washington says Moscow is relying on Wagner Group in Ukraine war amid biting Western sanctions and battlefield setbacks.

The Independent UK

US expands sanctions on Russia's 'brutal' Wagner Group

The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against Russia's Wagner Group and related companies and individuals for their role in the war in Ukraine and mercenary activities, including human rights abuses, in Africa

Reuters

U.S. toughens sanctions against Russia's Wagner mercenary group

The Guardian - UK

There is war in Ukraine. We have sanctions. So why would the UK Treasury help Putin’s brutal ally?

Claims that the boss of the Wagner Group, a key part of Russia’s military machine, was aided in a libel action must be run to ground, says shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Pat McFadden

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Daily Mirror

Hero Brit aid workers killed in Ukraine trying to save hundreds of lives, family say

The family of volunteer Chris Parry have confirmed that he and colleague Andrew Bagshaw have both been killed in Ukraine - Chris has saved over 400 lives and the pair were killed attempting a 'humanitarian evacuation'

The Guardian - UK

Former Wagner Group commander who fled to Norway arrested by police

Andrey Medvedev, who is seeking asylum after claiming to witness war crimes in Ukraine, fears deportation to Russia

Evening Standard

Russian Wagner Group using ‘North Korea for munitions supplies,’ White House says

North Korea has repeatedly denied assisting Russia

France 24

US to designate Wagner a transnational criminal organisation

The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia's military in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

US to designate Wagner mercenary force a crime organisation

The Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 fighters in Ukraine, 80 percent of them drawn from Russian prisons.

Axios

U.S. to designate Russia's Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization

It comes in part in response to North Korean weapon shipments to the mercenary group, the White House said.

Reuters

Russia's Wagner group denies recruiting Serbs to fight in Ukraine

Russia's Wagner paramilitary group on Friday denied it was recruiting Serbs to fight in Ukraine, a day after activists filed criminal complaints against the organisation in Belgrade.

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