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Ukrainian air force planes are seen dropping flares and flying at very low altitude while MRLS, also known as 'Grad', are seen firing near Soledar. The fate of Soledar, a war-battered salt mining city in east Ukraine, is unclear, with Russian mercenary group Wagner claiming to control the gateway town while the Kremlin cautioned against declaring victory prematurely. IMAGES
Images of the plot in Saint Petersburg's Porokhovskoye cemetery where the spokespeople of Yevgeny Prigozhin are urging mourners to pay their respects to the Russian chief of the mercenary Wagner group. Last week Prigozhin died in a private jet crash along with nine other people, two months after ordering his troops to topple Russia's military leadership. A private ceremony was held to commemorate his death. IMAGES
Images show a camp site that, according to Belarusian Defence Ministry officials, could be offered as one of the spots to house Wagner fighters in the military settlement of Tsel in the Asipovichy District of the Mogilev Region in Belarus. IMAGES
The United States will soon announce measures against Russia's Wagner mercenary group over its past activities in Africa, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
"Wherever we've seen Wagner operate in the past, we've seen death and destruction follow in their wake," says US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller. During his press briefing, he tells reporters that the United States "will continue to take actions to hold either Wagner or their successor accountable." SOUNDBITE
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE