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Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show armoured vehicles and Wagner soldiers lining the streets as residents walk around them or watch on in groups. In an earlier televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the city as Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to oust the Russian military's top brass. IMAGES
An AFP team visits the Ukrainian border crossing between the Sumy region and Russia's Kursk region, filming a Ukrainian truck carrying blindfolded men in Russian military uniform travelling away from the Russian border. Ukraine’s army launched a surprise offensive into Kursk on August 6. IMAGES
A Russian training ship of the Baltic Fleet Smolniy arrives in Venezuela and is received with honors at the port of La Guaira, near the capital, as part of a working visit to the Caribbean nation amid a climate of tension after the last presidential election. IMAGES
Bolivia President Luis Arce and vice-president David Choquehuanca greet supporters in the Plaza Murillo after soldiers withdrew from positions outside government buildings where they had gathered with tanks in what Arce said was an attempted coup. IMAGES
Bolivian soldiers withdraw from positions outside government buildings where they had gathered with tanks in what President Luis Arce said was an attempted coup. IMAGES
President Volodymyr Zelensky says 75 Ukrainian military and civilian prisoners have returned from Russian captivity, with Russia confirming the same number had been exchanged of its own prisoners. "I'm happy that we could continue this work of freeing the captives," Zelensky says, speaking alongisde Nordic leaders during a summit in Sweden. SOUNDBITE
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