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Week in Russia-Ukraine: Wagner mutiny rattles Moscow, as counteroffensive creeps along

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU · Jul 3, 2023

CIA Director Burns says the Wagner uprising's fallout 'will play out for some time'

Burns cast Wagner Group chief Prigozhin's revolt as "an armed challenge to the Russian state," a week after the head of the Russian paramilitary forces led a short-lived rebellion.

WEKU · Jul 2, 2023

Russian President Putin Engages With Public In Rare Display

Putin asserts power with public appearance after failed coup

Zenger · Jul 1, 2023

Vladimir Putin assassination plot on Moscow bridge 'foiled by Russian secret service'

The Russian president assassination attempt reportedly involved laying explosives laid on a river bed below a bridge that Putin's motorcade would have travelled over

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2023

UN votes to immediately end its peacekeeping operation in Mali after a demand from military junta

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to immediately end its peacekeeping operation in Mali, a country grappling with an Islamic insurgency for over a decade

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

What will Russia look like after Putin?

Analysts are forecasting that Vladimir Putin’s two-decade stint at Russia’s helm could be nearing its end after the attempted coup staged by the Wagner Group.

The Week · Jun 30, 2023

Editorial: Rebellion reflects the rot in Russia

The short-lived rebellion by Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, did not yet jettison the Kremlin's military leadership. But it may have had a more profound domestic and geopolitical impact: piercing the aura of invincibility so carefully cultivated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Ukraine to reinforce northern front following Wagner Group's arrival in Belarus

President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered top military commanders on Friday to strengthen Ukraine's northern military sector following the arrival of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group fighters in Belarus. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow would emerge from the aftermath of the Wagner mercenary group’s aborted…

France 24 · Jun 30, 2023

Why Ukraine has been unable to capitalize on the Wagner Group rebellion

After months of speculation about when it would begin and what its aims would be, Ukraine’s much anticipated counteroffensive started in early June.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

Liz Cheney is right — and dangerous

Former GOP congresswoman goes viral with snappy comeback — but if America falls for her act, we're the real idiots

Salon · Jun 29, 2023