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Added on the 07/07/2023 15:45:45 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show people cheering the fighters of the mercenary group Wagner as they withdraw from the south-western Russian city of Rostov-on-Don where they occupied a key military base. The pull out takes place after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner group, called off his troops' advance toward Moscow, pulling Russia back from its most serious security crisis in decades. IMAGES
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show tanks, armoured vehicles and Wagner fighters on the streets and around the headquarters of the Southern Military District. IMAGES
The US has expanded sanctions on Belarus along with Canada and European allies, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says at her briefing, "to hold the Lukashenko regime accountable for its ongoing attacks on democracy, human rights and international norms." SOUNDBITE
State border committee of Belarus releases drone images of migrants camp and Polish armed forces stationed on the other side of the barbed wire fence, and on the Polish side of the border. Hundreds of migrants, mainly Kurds, have been stuck for days on the Belarusian-Polish border in near-freezing temperatures. Aid groups warn of a humanitarian disaster. IMAGES
The Belarusian State Border Committee releases new video of a migrant camp near Polish border, as Warsaw says it has seen a surge in attempts to breach its border. Poland accuses Minsk of "state terrorism" by provoking a new migrant crisis in Europe, while Belarus blames the migrant crisis on the European Union and accuses the bloc of rejecting talks. IMAGES