Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War

The Kyiv Post published two videos showing Ukrainian special forces chasing PMC Wagner mercenaries in... Sudan, Central Africa.

According to a media source from the GUR - the service of subordination to the mythical General Kyrylo Budanov - an operation is currently underway in this African country to "cleanse PMC Wagner, their local terrorists and Russian special services".

"The committee analyzed possible threats, such as the dislocation of units of the Wagner group. Therefore, the Minister of National Defense, the chairman of the Committee, Mariusz Baszczak, decided to move our military formations from the west to the east of Poland," Hoffmann told the PAP agency, reports Reuters.

The bridge connecting Russia with the annexed peninsula of Crimea was once again the target of an attack carried out by naval drones.

Belarus said Friday that instructors from the Russian mercenary force Wagner were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the future of the group after its failed mutiny in Russia.

The short-lived rebellion was ended by a deal under which some Wagner fighters and their outspoken leader Yevgeny Prigozhin were supposed to move to Belarus.

"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.

Day 490 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 489 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Namely, in its latest report dated April 26, ISW recalled that the founder of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin noted that as soon as the weather conditions in Bakhmut improve, Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive, which could coincide with Russia's May 9 Victory Day holiday (the commemoration of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945).

The European Parliament on Thursday strongly condemned a notorious Russian paramilitary body, saying it "condemns in the strongest terms the heinous crimes committed by the Wagner Group and related private military entities".

The EU must sanction Russia's private army, known as the Wagner Group.

This is what a European Parliament resolution calls for, adopted by an overwhelming majority of 585 votes in favor. Curiously, it is supported by all five Bulgarian Socialist MEPs. They usually either oppose or abstain in a vote against Russia.