2023-08-27 16:42:20
Cover image: A Ukrainian soldier carries a missile on the front line, in the vicinity of Lyman, August 15, 2023 Bram Janssen / AP
The death of the head of the Wagner Group has been confirmed by the Russian investigation committee after a genetic expertise delivered its results. The Kremlin on Friday denied ordering the assassination of Mr. Prigojine and ordered the paramilitaries to take an oath of ” loyalty “ to Russia, two months after their attempted military coup, which they had dubbed “walk for justice”.According to the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Ukrainian army recently carried out “significant new tactical progress” in western Zaporizhia Oblast, in Robotyne, now appearing “within striking range of the next set of Russian defensive positions”. Geotagged images published on August 25 indicate that Ukrainian forces have advanced 1.5 kilometers towards Novoprokopivka, their next objective after the capture of Robotyne, according to the ISW. The independent Russian media Verstka reports that monuments dedicated to Yevgueni Prigojine have appeared in about fifteen Russian cities. The largest appeared in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg or Ryazan.Yevgueni Prigojine did not ask to be protected by Belarus. In remarks reported Friday by the official Belarusian news agency Belta, Mr Lukashenko said he had repeatedly warned the head of the Wagner Group.Three Ukrainian pilots were killed in a mid-air collision. Among them was Andri Pilchtchykov, known by the code name “Juice”. This MiG-29 pilot explained in April 2022 to the Washington Post how the Ukrainians had fought the Russians over kyiv. More recently, in a series of interviews with foreign media, he called on Western allies to supply F-16s.Poland opens investigation into attack on railway communication system. During the night of Friday to Saturday, an attack against the railway communication network “destabilized” partially traffic in the northwest of the country.Evan Gershkovich appeals his detention extension. The American journalist Wall Street Journal arrested in March in Russia on charges of” spying “which he rejects, has appealed the extension of his pre-trial detention, the Lefortovski court in Moscow announced on Saturday.Cluster munitions fired by Ukrainian armed forces injured six In the village of Urazovo, in the Russian oblast of Belgorod, according to local authorities.Two people were killed in a Russian bombardment on the Ukrainian village of Podoly, near Koupiansk (North-East), Oleh Synehoubov, the governor of Kharkiv oblast, announced on Saturday.Large-scale Russian offensive possible in the near future in the Kupiansk-Lyman sector, according to British intelligence. Russian forces, under pressure in Bakhmout and southern Ukraine, are however gaining some ground in the sector between Kupiansk and Lyman, in the northeast, where they could launch a larger offensive in the short term, write the intelligence services of the British Ministry of Defense on Saturday.
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