Ukrainian officials say they are on the brink of taking control of the tactically important village of Robotyne. It comes as the counteroffensive last week saw the nation take back Urozhaine. Reports from the Armed Forces of Ukraine suggest troops are engaging in a close-range mopping up operation in the village. Tanks have been firing…
Since the military organisation’s brief mutiny against the Kremlin in June, the “Russian state has acted against some other business interests of Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin”, said the Ministry of Defence yesterday. In an intelligence update, it added: “There is a realistic possibility that the Kremlin no longer funds the group. If the Russian state…
Safety Europe Letter from Moscow: When war suddenly explodes over your roof | View caption Hide caption In Moscow, it can be easy to ignore the devastating but faraway war in Ukraine. But that changes quickly when drones and anti-aircraft missiles start exploding in the skies overhead one morning. Had this occurred a couple of…
The head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service said Wednesday that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is alive and freely “floating around” after his short-lived mutiny in Russia. Prigozhin has not been seen in public since he agreed to end Wagner’s march on Moscow, though the Kremlin said later that Russian President Vladimir Putin met…