Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged for the first time that Russian aviators were casualties of the recent conflict sparked by an attempted mutiny.
Nepali Gurkhas are reportedly joining Russia s Wagner Group as contract soldiers, attracted by the prospect of Russian citizenship and better opportunities.
Vladimir Putin remains in power in the wake of the Wagner Group s uprising on the weekend - but an expert believes the chaos sparked by Yevgeny Prigozhin may have prepared the terrain for his future downfall.
Wagner Group fighters who seized Rostov s military headquarters in Russia returned to their field camps after a deal brokered by Belarus, which saw charges against Wagner s chief dropped.