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Russia steps up aerial strikes on Ukraine – killing at least 6

Meanwhile, Kyiv’s armed forces have reported further gains in the early stages of its counteroffensive

The Independent UK

Frantic search for survivors after Russian missile blasts Ukraine apartment block

A child is believed trapped beneath the rubble of a Ukraine apartment complex smashed by a Russian missile.

The New Daily

Russia: Chechen special forces waging offensive in east Ukraine

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that the "Akhmat" group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

Reuters

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'Stop yelling': Top Chechen fighter scolds Russia's Wagner mercenary chief

One of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's close allies on Thursday publicly criticised Russia's most prominent mercenary, casting Yevgeny Prigozhin as a blogger who yells all the time about problems, drawing a stern rebuke from a top Wagner fighter.

Reuters

Chechen troops said to mobilise as Russian children flee border

Russia’s Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov says more than 1,000 children due for evacuation from border areas.

Al Jazeera

Wagner boss blasts Russia’s elite following Moscow drone attack

Russian mercenary force boss Yevgeny Prigozhin issued expletive-laden statement criticising failure to protect Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine strikes back in Bakhmut, as Russia wrangles with Wagner

What happened in the 63rd week of Russia’s war in Ukraine?

Al Jazeera

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Worries grow over safety of Ukraine nuclear plant amid Russian evacuations

The ongoing evacuation of a town close to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine has prompted the UN nuclear watchdog to warn of an increasingly unpredictable situation. Meanwhile, Russia's Wagner mercenary group appeared to ditch plans to withdraw from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, saying they had been promised more…

France 24

Blasts rock Russia-annexed Crimea as sirens blare across Ukraine

Pro-Moscow official says Ukraine launched more than 10 drones on Crimean peninsula, including three on Sevastopol port.

Al Jazeera

Don’t expect an end to sabotage and retribution during the war in Ukraine

Alongside the fighting on the frontlines there have been clandestine campaigns against both infrastructure and people, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

St Petersburg café killing exposes Russia’s security woes

Moscow has blamed Ukrainian security services and supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for the killing of a prominent Russian ultranationalist blogger in a St Petersburg café. Kyiv and Navalny’s supporters have denied the allegations. But the attack on a figure with close links to the Wagner Group has…

France 24

Vladimir Putin grips table 'twisted from pain' in new footage as he threatens West

The footage shows Russian President Vladimir Putin gripping his desk at the Kremlin in Moscow amid fresh claims he is suffering from “intensified pain in his abdomen"

Daily Mirror

Horse owned by sanctioned Putin ally taken in theft - with echoes of Shergar incident

The 16-year-old stallion Zazou, who won more than £1 million on the racetrack, disappeared from a stud in the Czech Republic where he had been stabled by his alleged owner Ramzan Kadyrov

Daily Mirror

Ramzan Kadyrov racehorse stolen from Czech stable

Chechen leader claims Zazou, which became one of his frozen European assets in 2014, is worth at least $10m

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Vladimir Putin's Chechen warlord ally 'seriously ill' amid fears of poisoning

Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who has advocated using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, is rumoured to have been poisoned and is being treated in the United Arab Emirates

The Guardian - US

The mysterious death of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov’s favorite fighter

Abdul-Kerim Edilov was an MMA veteran as well as one of the most influential men in his homeland. And then he disappeared from public life

Reuters

Chechnya's Kadyrov: one day I plan my own mercenary group

Ramzan Kadyrov, the ally of President Vladimir Putin who leads Chechnya, said on Sunday that he one day planned to set up his own private military company in the style of Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group of mercenaries.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin war commander survives assassination bid after being sent poison in post

Major-General Apti Alaudinov, 50, a pal of Chechnyan warlord Ramzan Kadyrov and commander of the region's soldiers in Ukraine, received a letter saturated with an unknown deadly toxin

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Russia can take Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa, Chechnya's Kadyrov says

Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, said in an interview aired on Monday that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine by the end of the year and it would be wrong to negotiate with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Daily Mirror

Khamzat Chimaev criticised by former UFC star for sparring with Chechen warlord

Khamzat Chimaev has become one of the UFC's most promising stars which has seen him placed under high scrutiny, including for his relationship with Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re fighting for a free future’: the Chechen battalions siding with Kyiv

Fighters of Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion oppose Putin and his strongman Ramzan Kadyrov as they battle with Ukrainian prejudice

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's top commander bans beards on battlefield as critics call rule 'stupid'

The newly appointed General Valery Gerasimov has ordered soldiers to shave their beards amid a clampdown on uniform enforcement, sparking uproar from the Russian President's bearded allies

The Guardian - US

UFC fighters close to Bolsonaro find themselves in spotlight after riots

A group of UFC fighters aligned with former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro have found themselves in the spotlight following this month’s attack of congress

Al Jazeera

Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine, rehearsed in Chechnya

Moscow’s invasion has echoes of the tactics it employed in conflicts in the North Caucasus, experts and survivors say.

Daily Mirror

Russian troops waging ferocious battle in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin reshuffles generals

Vladimir Putin has gathered a Chechen warlord and a notorious mercenary leader after appointing General Valery Gerasimov as head of Russian forces as troops continue to shell Ukraine

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