Articles tagged "mercenaries"

US intelligence knew Wagner was planning insurrection -- Russia comes to the brink of civil war: How we got here and what it means -- Jets belonging to Russian elite leave Moscow -- Loyalty of Russian security forces 'key factor' to how Prigozhin's 'rebellion' plays out -- Ukrainian troops advance in several directions around Bakhmut -- and more

Death toll rises in Russian strike on Dnipro clinic after more body fragments identified -- Reznikov reports 100% hit rate for new British-made cruise missiles Ukraine uses -- Over 100 Russian soldiers desert in occupied Lysychansk -- Lukashenko claims Russia will give nukes to any state that joins Union State of Russia & Belarus -- and more

Meet the anti-Kremlin militia behind the attack inside Russia -- First 20 Ukrainian pilots to enter F-16 training in UK -- Moscow and Minsk sign agreement on placing nuclear weapons in Belarus -- Russian shelling damages dam in Donetsk Oblast, flooding homes -- Defense Ministry confirms Ukrainian drone attack on Russian Black Sea warship -- and more

Prigozhin’s claim of capturing Bakhmut aimed at distracting from support for Ukraine -- Russia able to produce up to 67 missiles per month -- Ukrainians who took Russian passports under pressure will not be punished -- ICC slams Russian arrest warrant for top prosecutor, judges -- and more

Ukrainian 14-year-old girl released from Russian captivity -- How Ukrainian air defense denies Russia air superiority -- Powerful explosions reported in Russian-occupied Mariupol -- Ukrainian counterattacks near Bakhmut likely eliminated threat of Russian encirclement -- Russia's special forces reportedly deployed near Ukraine's borders for diversion activities -- and more

Why Russia relies on private militaries, like Wagner, for its war effort -- Russia relies on Kalibr type missiles to disrupt Ukraine counteroffensive -- Mothers of killed soldiers find meaning in helping war effort, refugees -- Polish Senate approves resolution on Ukraine's fast-track NATO accession -- and more

How Russia has attempted to erase Ukrainian language, culture throughout centuries -- Russian brigade flees Bakhmut -- Water deficit increasingly critical for Russian-occupied Donetsk -- UK preparing to give long-range missiles to Ukraine -- 37 countries hold summit on tribunal for Russian crimes -- and more

Russia moving to strategic defense after failed offensive -- Wagner mercenaries forcibly deport 4 children from Bakhmut -- Russia fighter jet accidentally fires ammunition in Russian city of Belgorod, injuring 2 -- US, Ukraine allies weigh near-total ban on exports to Russia -- and more

Russian Defense Ministry appears to deliberately expend Wagner forces in Bakhmut to derail Prigozhin’s political aspirations -- Ukrainian soldiers complete Leopard tank training in Spain -- How do some Western anti-war protests help Russia? -- International Criminal Court to open 2 war crimes cases against Russia -- and more

Foreign Minister asks ICC to investigate alleged execution of Ukrainian POW -- Russia has lost 5 times more soldiers in Bakhmut than Ukraine -- Zelensky, Zaluzhnyi have conflicting views on Bakhmut -- Ukraine has returned 307 children from occupied territories -- Investigators identify 3 Russian soldiers involved in war crimes in Irpin -- and more

Russian forces are draining Kakhovka Reservoir -- Russia likely suffering highest casualties since first week of full-scale war -- Intercepted call shows Russia recruits Iranian, Kurdish drone operators -- Iran smuggles long-range combat drones to Russia for war against Ukraine -- and more

‘They were real beasts’: A farming couple describes what occupation looked like in their village -- Western tanks are coming to Ukraine soon -- Most convicts recruited by Wagner killed, wounded or deserted -- Estonia to give Ukraine all its 155-mm howitzers in largest aid package so far -- Bradley fighting vehicles to arrive in Ukraine within few weeks -- and more