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Sergei Surovikin: the ‘General Armageddon’ now in charge of Russia’s war

Commander of attack on Ukraine described as ‘absolutely ruthless, with little regard for human life’

The Guardian - UK

Mass strikes on Ukraine are a desperate answer to Putin’s critics at home

Missile attacks on civilian targets mark an attempt to respond to Russian president’s wounded pride and criticism his invasion is failing

The Guardian - UK

‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia’s war falters

Key figures including Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin are using military defeats to undermine defence chief Sergei Shoigu

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In the Ukraine war, a shadowy key player emerges: Russia’s private army of mercenaries

BERLIN — As Russia suffers one devastating military setback after another in Ukraine, a key player in the conflict is stepping out of the shadows: the private army known as the Wagner Group.

Los Angeles Times

Burkina Faso coup fuels fears of growing Russian mercenary presence in Sahel

North Africa analysts believe new leader Ibrahim Traoré may seek help from Moscow in fight against Islamic extremists

The Guardian - UK

Syracuse, Wagner play 10-minute 3rd, 4th quarters in blowout

Syracuse and Wagner played 10-minute quarters in the 2nd half

USA Today Sports Media Group

Feared Wagner commander killed in Ukraine as Russia's heavy losses continue

Wagner Group commander Aleksei Nagin and secret service officer Aleksei Katerinichev have been killed in Ukraine in two further blows for Vladimir Putin's invasion

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Pig-Sticker, a Song of the PMC Wagner Mercenaries

Readers of the blog know what side I support in the Russia-Ukraine war, so unsurprisingly most of the songs of the war that I've blogged have been pro-Ukrainian, since they're the ones that most struck me. (Here's an exception.) Still, my point in these posts is to pass along things…

Reason

Syracuse vs Wagner Prediction, Game Preview

Syracuse vs Wagner game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Saturday, October 1

USA Today Sports Media Group

Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin admits owning Wagner mercenary force

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin says he is ‘proud’ of founding Wagner Group staffed by Russian war veterans.

Al Jazeera

Russia's Prigozhin admits link to Wagner mercenaries for first time

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that he had founded the Wagner Group private military company in 2014, the first public confirmation of a link he has previously denied and sued journalists for reporting.

Reuters

‘Thrown into the meat grinder’: Russians react to mobilisation

After President Putin announced the partial mobilisation of population, ‘how to leave Russia’ spikes on search engines.

Al Jazeera

‘We thieves and killers are now fighting Russia’s war’: how Moscow recruits from its prisons

Inmates describe visits by Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported head of the Wagner group, who is said to offer pardons for those who enlist

The Guardian - UK

Clara Ferreira Marques: Frustrated and snubbed, Putin is running out of options

It’s been a bad few weeks for Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service

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Reuters

Russia's Wagner trying to recruit over 1,500 felons for Ukraine war -U.S. official

The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, is trying to recruit over 1,500 convicted felons to take part in Russia's war in Ukraine, but many are refusing to join, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Video reveals how Russian mercenaries recruit inmates for Ukraine war

In a video that emerged Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner Group is seen promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Russian inmates ‘told they’ll be freed if they survive six-months on Ukraine frontline’

Leaked footage shows the founder of Russia’s Wagner Group attempting to recruit prisoners

The Conversation

Russia's reliance on mercenaries in Ukraine points to the weakness of its military – and Putin's strategy of deflecting blame

Ukrainian forces are gaining ground in the war against Russia. Since early September 2022, they have launched a massive counteroffensive in Ukraine’s northeast region of Kharkiv, reclaiming large swaths of territory.

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The Independent UK

‘They were in a sad state’: Ukraine forces find Russians in retreat

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

USA Today Sports Media Group

Big Ten Power Rankings: Spartans move up as Big Ten West Division teams struggle in Week 2

See where Michigan State lands in our updated power rankings following a Spartans' shutout victory over Akron in Week 2

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin sends mass murderer nicknamed 'The Maniac' to fight in Ukraine

Russia sent a man named 'maniac' to the frontline in Ukraine straight from a penal colony jail cell. Now dead, Ivan Neparatov was awarded a prestigious Russian award for fighting in Vladimir Putin's military

France 24

Tensions mount between Morocco and Tunisia over Western Sahara

In tonight's edition: A political spat between Morocco and Tunisia continues after being sparked over the weekend by Tunis's hosting of the head of the Polisario Front. But first, a report released by a crisis monitoring organisation suggests that Russian mercenaries in Mali target civilians in well over half of…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's forces MUTINY as Russian soldiers refuse to slaughter Ukrainians

The other video parades recruited jail inmates at the frontline in the pro-Vladimir Putin Wagner private army, after being signed up with a promise of their sentences being wiped

Al Jazeera

The real role of pro-Russian Chechens in Ukraine

Known as Kadyrovtsy after their leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the fighters are said to be brutal and delusional.

France 24

French troop withdrawal from Mali prompts fresh security fears for the region

Mali's relations with Paris deteriorated after a junta took power in an August 2020 coup, eventually triggering the withdrawal of French troops that was completed on Monday. Russian mercenaries may be filling the void left by France's departure amid new fears that jihadists in the Sahel might be expanding their…

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