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Fighting intensifies in southeastern Ukraine with Kiev claiming gains
Fierce fighting raged Thursday in southeastern Ukraine, where a Western official said Kiev has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin said "hostilities have intensified significantly."
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The commander was killed
He was killed when he tried to help the besieged members of the Storm detachment, reported Fontanka, a local media outlet in St. Petersburg.
President of the Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Belsky, expressed his condolences and said that Vashutin died trying to help Russian soldiers who were surrounded by Ukrainians.
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Future of Wagner leader’s business empire is cloudy after rebellion
A chocolate museum in St. Petersburg. A gold mine in the Central African Republic. Oil and gas ventures off the Syrian coast.
The economic ventures of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former hot dog seller turned Wagner group warlord who staged a brief mutiny against Russia's military last month, stretch far beyond the thousands of mercenaries he deployed in Ukraine, Africa and the Middle East.
Putin met with Prigozhin
According to the Kremlin, Putin and Prigozhin met on June 29, five days after the rebellion ended.
As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained, 35 people attended the meeting.
"All the commanders were invited, including Prigozhin himself. This meeting was held in the Kremlin on June 29. It lasted almost three hours," Peskov said without giving details of the meeting.
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Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia
The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin's rule.
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It's been confirmed: Prigozhin is in Russia; But there is one thing...
"This is a Russian company. So, the question is obviously not for me. As far as I am informed, the fighters are in their camps. As for Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus," Lukashenko said.
Wagner chief Prigozhin has long ties to Putin
Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia's war in Ukraine.
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The end of the war? "Ukraine doesn't stand a chance"
The long-announced Ukrainian counter-offensive has been underway for several days, and the US, Great Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands are sending hundreds of missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, NATO defense ministers are discussing in Brussels the continuation of the support that the allies have been providing to Ukraine for months.