Russia's Wagner boss escalates rift with Putin's military, threatens Bakhmut withdrawal due to a lack of thousands of artillery shells

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Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin
Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin attends the funeral of his fighters at the Beloostrovskoye cemetery outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 24, 2022.

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Russia's top spy agency is worried that domestic banks don't have enough foreign currency, report says

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The son of a Putin aide says he fought in Ukraine, but reports claim that at the same time his Tesla was racking up fines in Moscow

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) listens to his press secretary Dmitry Peskov in 2016.

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Alleged former Wagner fighters claim they killed young children in Ukraine

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A former Russian criminal prisoner who was fighting with Wagner in an interrogation room after being captured by Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut on March 12, 2023.

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A fifth of Russian prisoners recruited to fight in Ukraine are HIV positive, with convicts promised anti-viral drugs if they agreed to fight: report

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Russian soldiers, captured during the Russia-Ukraine war, with their hands tied behind their back at a Ukrainian prison.

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Russian mercenary group Wagner tried and failed to get weapons from China earlier this year, according to a leaked US intel report: FT

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Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addresses former convicts as he releases them from serving in his mercenary army, according to state-controlled media
Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addressing former convicts, according to state-controlled media.

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Wagner is 'desperate for manpower' and trying to poach regular Russian soldiers while feuding with their commanders, experts say

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Cadets of a military academy attend the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the private Russian military company Wagner Group, killed during the military conflict in Ukraine, in the Alley of Heroes at a cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 24, 202
Cadets of a military academy attend the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the private Russian military company Wagner Group, killed in Ukraine, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Decembe

Wagner Group leader says a Ukrainian counter-offensive would likely succeed as Russia is in 'crisis,' report says

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Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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Wagner Group can only afford to throw soldiers into Bakhmut's 'meat grinder' for another 2 months before it runs out of men, Ukrainian commander says

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Destroyed buildings in the city of Bakhmut on February 27, 2023.

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Russian jets, some flown by Wagner mercenaries, are making risky attacks to test Ukraine's defenses around Bakhmut

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Ukrainian Air Force jet shoots off flares over Bakhmut
A Ukrainian jet launches flares over Bakhmut in October.

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