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Watch: Ukraine launches counterattacks as Russian forces retreat

Kyiv claims to have defeated one of Russia's emblematic brigades, while Moscow says its airborne forces are restraining Ukrainian advancements around Bakhmut.

Ukraine

French MEPs call for Wagner group to be put on EU terrorist list

The owner of Russia's private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has issued a second video attack on the Kremlin saying his men in Bakhmut need ten times the ammunition Moscow is prepared to send. His video was released on Russia's traditional 9 May Victory Day.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Russia's Wagner boss threatens Bakhmut troop pullout

Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces haven't received enough artillery ammunition supplies from the Russian military since Monday.

Ukraine

“The main battles are coming soon," Ukraine's president says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday honoured the country’s Border Guard forces by awarding medals and wishing them success.

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Why is Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Sudan?

Experts claim that the Wagner Group is in Sudan to provide Russia with access to resources and help it fund the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine

Two killed, 10 wounded as Russian forces hit Ukrainian museum

A Russian missile hit a museum building in a Ukrainian city on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others, part of a relentless barrage that comes as Ukraine is readying its forces for an expected spring counteroffensive.

Russia

'I shot a 5-year-old': Ex-Wagner soldiers admit to killing children

During the hourlong confessions, ex-Wagner commanders recounted details of killings around Bakhmut and Soledar.

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Delays in weapons deliveries are costing lives, says Zelenskyy

Fighting continues in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine's President Zelenskyy urges world leaders to send military support as soon as possible.

Russia

Could Wagner boss Prigozhin become Russia's next president?

Analysts say Prigozhin might - or might not - want Russia's top job: but describe him as entrepreneurial, opportunistic and ruthless.

Ukraine

'Unprecedented bloody battles' in Bakhmut: reports

Russia's Defence Ministry on Sunday claimed that units from the Wagner mercenary group had captured two neighbourhoods in the embattled eastern city.

Ukraine

Rescue crews in Sloviansk work through the rubble as death toll rises

A spokesperson for the Ukrainian air force said the country will soon receive weapons that will help prevent such attacks, in reference to the highly sought-after Patriot air defence system.

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Russian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut

The battle for Bakhmut is heating up again, analysts and Russian officials said Friday, as Ukrainian defenders of the devastated city resisted a coordinated three-pronged attack by the Kremlin’s forces and efforts to stop supplies from reaching them.

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What is Russia's the Wagner Group's role in the fight for Bakhmut?

A Russian defense official has claimed that fighters from Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group have seized three districts of Bakhmut, the embattled city that for months has been the focus of Moscow’s grinding campaign in the east.

Russia

Wagner boss trying to 'seize control' of Russian political party

The leader of 'A Just Russia' party has called Wagner a "heroic military formation".

Ukraine

Russia preparing for rumoured Ukraine counteroffensive

The Ukrainian General Staff reports that Russian forces aren't launching offensive operations in the directions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia but are instead continuing to build up their defensive capabilities.

Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers help evacuate remaining civilians from Bakhmut

As the battle for the control of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine rages on, soldiers have been helping to evacuate the few residents who still remain there.

Ukraine

Ukraine counters Russia's claim it has captured embattled city of Bakh

Ukraine has refuted Russia's alleged victory over the war-torn city of Bakhmut with a video displaying what appears to be defending troops continuing their fight.

Russia

What is the Wagner Group and what's its relationship with the Kremlin?

Euronews speaks to analyst Samuel Ramani to hear about the people and history behind the Kremlin's shadow army, the Wagner group.

Russia

Wagner boss defies Kremlin Ukraine 'Nazi' narrative

Head of the Russian mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin has contradicted Kremlin claims that Nazis lead Ukraine.

Ukraine

Russian mercenary group Wagner may lose thousands of fighters

In the coming weeks the Russian mercenary group Wagner could lose most of the prisoners it recruited into its ranks as their military contracts expire.