Day 511 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Putin will not attend the BRICS summit

Day 511 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Prigozhin vowed "Wagner" to make the army of Belarus "second in the world"
• Putin will not attend the BRICS summit
• Moscow on the grain deal: the UN has three months to respond to Russian conditions
• A second Ukrainian port along the grain corridor has been hit by Russia
• Again Russian airstrikes on Odesa, drone attack on Kyiv
• Russians closed a highway in Crimea because of a fire at a military training ground
• Russia to South Africa: Putin's arrest would mean war
• Zelensky: The war will end with diplomacy, but I will not talk to Putin
• The EU is looking for ways to transport more Ukrainian grain by land
• Saakashvili in an open letter: Putin planned to invade Ukraine as early as 2004

Prigozhin vowed that "Wagner" will make the army of Belarus "second in the world"

The founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has promised to make the Belarusian armed forces second in the world while his forces are in the country - and that will continue for some time.

This happened with a video published on one of his profiles, "Кепка Пригожина", on which, according to the caption, "the process of handing over the flag of PMC 'Wagner' from the base in the settlement of Molkino in the presence of several thousand fighters can be seen."

The clip taken in the evening is dark and the number of military personnel cannot be estimated. Prigozhin's voice can be heard in...