she's written extensively about the wagner group, and its leader, yevgeny prigozhin. rondeaux, welcome to the newshour. thank you very much. tell us more about who was tatarsky was why his death is so significant. >> vladlen tatarsky was probably one of the most prolific military bloggers, pro-russian military bloggers, on the social media channels that are popular with russian speakers. he had a huge following. it was sometime around 2017-2018 that he became very popular for starting a social media vertical called reverse side of the medal, which ibasically a mouthpiece and kind of a soapbox r some of the most extreme ultranationalist elements of russia's right-wing. and, in particular, reverse side of the medal is a kind of cultural hub for the wagner group and russian mercenaries and soldiers of fortune. nick: and so fast-forward to the full-scale invasion. he is one of the most prominent bloggers not only advocating for the war, but, in fact, pushing the military and the government for more war. candace: the one thing to understand about tatarsky and reverse side

apparently , zelensky has problems with the change in connection with this leader, energy pmc yevgeny prigozhin greetings to the same zelensky and syrsky commander of the ground forces of the all-union forces. we are not going to anyone not superstitious, you now have riots in yar and konstantinovka. among the troops in the sun, they throw weapons get up and go. give them a chance to live. don't kill thousands of experienced soldiers yet. she alone shells. techniques. you won't get very far, really. they no longer hesitate to write in western newspapers, the dutch newspaper dolce grand writes in three pages about the miserable state of trained soldiers. one of them said that all his combat training came down to one evening with a drunken instructor and a kalashnikov assault rifle with three rounds. this fighter. he says that there were 27 people in his detachment, of which ukrainians, to a serious biden's offensive team. he fears the consequences of a failed ukrainian counter-offensive. the publication writes in politics, claiming that the us presidential administration is preparing for critici

now, yevgeny prigozhin is a man who seems to have a licence to speak his mind.teroffensive, could end in a tragedy, really are strong words indeed. as for when it could come. well, there's been a lot of speculation, but people who study military matters do think that may is a likely time. and we did have another clue. you will remember that only yesterday, sebastopol, was hit by what seemed to be a drone attack, the russian occupied area in crimea. and today what we've heard is a spokesman for the ukrainian armed forces, he suggested, though he didn't confirm it, that this was done by ukraine. they don't normally admit to doing these things, and suggested it was preparation for the counter—offensive, another indication that it could be coming soon. finally some big chess news — china now holds both the men's and women's world titles after ding liren became china's first world chess champion. ding takes over as winner of the world chess championship from norway's magnus carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10—year reign. 30—year—old ding won the rap

his murder, in a cafe in st petersburg, once owned by yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary something out of the �*60s. tatarsky was handed a statuette, which exploded, killing him and wounding as many as 30 of his supporters. the russians promptly arrested a young woman, darya trepova, an anti—war protestor. prigozhin himself has opined he didn't think the blast was the work of the ukrainian government and another theory is it could also be the work of russian political infighting. here's joe inwood. a spring day in st petersburg, and a young woman enters a cafe. inside, one of russia's most famous pro—war propagandists is giving a talk to the faithful. she presents him with a bust in his own image, much to the delight of vladlen tatarsky. moments later, this happens. tatarsky was killed, many more wounded, in what seems to have been a meticulously planned hit carried out to perfection. so who was vladlen tatarsky? he may have been a blogger, but he was no journalist. his real name was maxim fomin. and in 2014, he was serving a prison sentence for robbing a bank. the outbre

remember that yevgeny prigozhin has on previous occasions made claims of russian victory in ba khmutl need to be proven quickly wrong. lauren: russia's ambassador to the u.n. held a briefing to discuss his country's presidency at the security council. russia holds the rotating seat for april, despite its president being wanted by the international criminal court. although it has little evidence -- little influence on decisions, russia will be in charge of the agenda. james: russia's ambassador to the united nations on the first working day of his country's presidency of the united nations. since 1946 the presidency has rotated among the 15 members. april is russia's turn. the council is the body in the international system that governs global peace and security and there has been uproar in western countries that russia, which invaded its neighbor and whose president faces an arrest warrant from the international criminal court, holds the prominent role. >> we expect they will behave professionally, but we also expect that they will use their seat to spread disinformation and to promo

so on. left the dream of 60%. you know, recently this criminal, terrorist, er, international yevgeny prigozhind that, er, come on, in principle , they achieved a lot in ukraine, er, they destroyed part of the active, strong male population. well, plus , they caused mental trauma to many people , women, children, children were left without parents , women were often raped - tortured, raped, lost their children, i.e. people with huge psychological problems , injuries that will not be so easy to heal, this is a huge part of people who, anyway, in any case, are not in the best condition right now psychological, moral and emotional well, we are all not optimal and moral in emotional form, even those who have not survived torture or insults, etc. were not in ukraine, but this is the logic of the russians, they are destroying a competitor, they are destroying the state that is a competitor for them now and economically , politically, ideologically, logically, any. and what do you think? this is the trauma of the war and the trauma that still continues to be inflicted on the ukrainian society, how it

the leader flew to moscow twice and found a common language with yevgeny prigozhin.t’s say the power and we are the mines of gold, and we are our ally, like putin, and i already once dreamed about where, why not mecha further . in one evening, you decided to unite against the first in the history here for at least 50 years, at least the civil, some elected power from the young guys who came to the government to take over the power after the arab revolution won over morality bashir well unfortunately, the experienced guys were not able to quickly prove to people the fruits of democracy, and in october 2019, two generals , two comrades of albergan, the regular army, and the fire of e-e force and quick reaction united and did not carry a blow to the first civil power and made a coup and they announced themselves to close the books of the wild democracies, but in a year and a half it turned out to be 2:2, one ticket cannot live, two generals cannot live, and the beginning of growing more and more precisely is the disagreement, of course you are there and russia took adva

repair and evacuation vehicles berchan washed away from the war, the leader of the wagner pvk yevgeny prigozhin advises the russian authorities to announce the end of the so-called special military operation and concentrate on firmly establishing a foothold in the occupied territories of ukraine. will cause global changes in russian society forcibly become a russian in the temporarily occupied territories , forced passporting continues this is reported by the center of national resistance to leave the region without an enemy id card it is almost impossible at every checkpoint ukrainians who still do not have a passport of the russian federation are checked in depth, according to the data of the central bureau of statistics , it is even possible to detain such people. populated areas are hostages of the occupiers , they create such conditions that it is impossible to live without a red book with a double-headed eagle ukrainians will celebrate easter for the second time in conditions of a full-scale war in a year the prices of the prices of products have risen significantly. despite the difficult

the north atlantic alliance, let's start with the news of the front, the founder of wagner, yevgeny prigozhin , claims that russian forces seized the city administration in bakhmut related video he made public the day before the evening on camera prigozhyn stated legally quoted bakhmut's son-in-law , however, in the armed forces of ukraine such statements refuted by the spokesman of the eastern group of the armed forces serhii cherevaty in a comment, reuters said that the russians continue to fight for bakhmut , to put it mildly, the head of the presidential office andriy yarmak also called prigozhin's statement untrue, urged not to react to fakes , the information is not trusted even by its representatives of the self-proclaimed dnr let me remind you that volodymyr zelenskyi has repeatedly said that the armed forces of ukraine will fight for bakhmut to the last, what is happening in the city now, what is known about it, let's talk about everything together with as a military analyst, the center's expert oleksiy melnyk of razumkov welcomes you to the broadcast. i assume that the video has bee

speaking at the institute for the study of war, the leader of the private military campaign wagner yevgeny prigozhinf counterattacks by the defense forces of ukraine in bakhmut ba moreover, he threatened to withdraw his mercenaries from the city if the russian command does not provide him with more ammunition, according to his conviction, the ukrainian counteroffensive can begin by june 15, at the same time, the russian command is not preparing at all to repel attacks, i quote prigozhin threatened to withdraw wagner's troops from bachmut if the russian military command does not provide more munitions of mercenary wagner , analysts note that these threats, they say , indicate that prigozhin fears that russian positions in the rear of bakhmut are vulnerable for counter-attacks, in one of his interviews with a russian propagandist, prigozhin said that wagner's mercenaries would continue to fight in bakhmut , but would be forced to retreat in an organized manner or stay and die if the situation did not improve separately. the delay in the advancement of ukrainian forces in bakhmut, prigozhin's mention o

to do it not to us, not to the russians , the leader of a private military campaign, wagner yevgeny prigozhin estimated the number of ukrainian troops before the counteroffensive at 200-400 thousand personnel, he says that the counteroffensive will begin like dry soil and the necessary weapons will arrive to the ukrainian soldiers we will hear and see a beautiful story , additional jokes, where is the boy often , they have collected about 200 hundred thousand electricity , you know that's not all, mr. colonel, the russian propagandists are already hysterical about to russian television about this counteroffensive, er, russians have a complete idea according to your er, what awaits them literally in a few weeks well, we see that they themselves say that we cannot be underestimated, and that is already correct, because they understand that once they already they didn't appreciate us, it was at the beginning of the full-scale invasion on february 24 and before that. they really didn't appreciate the morale-psychological aspect, not the army, not our allies, and therefore they didn't have practic

well, this also shows that the death of the tatar is beneficial primarily to yevgeny prigozhin himselfit’s even more interesting that we, yes, before that , watched the story about the construction of this mosque in this supposedly holy city of the orthodox . the fact is that it was vladlen-tatarsky who also commented on this situation, talking about what mosques should not be built on places that are holy for the orthodox, and the orthodox do not have the right to build their churches on the holy places for muslims, to which, of course, he received a lot of messages and said that there why don't you speak out, take a more radical position and so on further, it is very interesting to observe all these processes , the only thing that should always be remembered is that, well, i am skeptical of the expectation that it can somehow affect the general situation and our struggle. that is, it is such a theater that unfolding inside russia yes, it can lead to some qualitative changes, but when these changes will come tomorrow or in 20 years, and we still have to wait for 20 years until somethi

determine the girl’s steering wheel and correctly qualify, and the founder of the wagner pmc, yevgeny prigozhin him in the ranks of the wagnerites with subsequent payments of compensation and other social benefits. guarantees provided for the dead fighters and around the planet. the belarusian state puts the preservation of sovereignty and independence at the forefront in the pursuit of preserving the world of creation for the benefit of the future and social justice, and we will continue to defend our democratic values, such was the response in belarus to the initiated and with a resolution regarding our country, no international treaty gives procracy was emphasized by the belarusian diplomat. larisa belskaya motives for putting forward a resolution proposed for consideration belarus at the current session of the council, as well as 2 years ago, is the least connected with human rights. in my country. behind this resolution . the geopolitical interests of individual states that tried to use the 2020 election campaign to incite anti-government protests , undermining the state and interfering in

wagner's boss yevgeny prigozhin has been asked whether it was his men who killed 0leksandr.am. he tries to suggest the video is a fake, and he questions whether there is any proof of his unit's involvement. "if that can be proved," he says, "then we will investigate it in detail." it will be of some comfort to 0leksandr�*s family that in this case a body was returned, and that he was formally identified, and has since been interred in his home town of nizhyn. but let's not forget where our story started. tymofiy shadura — what of him? what of the other men in 0leksandr�*s unit who were killed that day? the family say they have heard nothing and continue to wait for news. in many ways, this case is still far from closed. i'm carl nasman, thanks for watching. you can find more news 24/7 on our website and smartphone app. stay tuned here on bbc news. hello there. i hope you've been making the most of the easter sunshine because on sunday the weather starts to change with some wetter weather in time for easter monday. at the moment, we're in between high pressure and low pressur

a typical thing, someone says that it is internal russian forces passed on such greetings to yevgeny prigozhinuse uh, this explosion took place in a restaurant owned by prigozhin , who is he yevhen prigozhin himself, the owner of the wagner pvk , said that i did not absolve the kyiv authorities of these actions. of the government, i would call it that, he said well, but i wonder who exactly, who is accused of this murder, because this is what it is, you know the key to understanding why such and such a reaction. she is really very atypical , but look. in the circles of political activists such as svoboda lyubym and among st. petersburg feminists under the pseudonym dasha tykovka. what do we know about daria trepova? she worked in a vintage clothing store for some time . she lived in moscow in february 2022. st. petersburg , she went to the rally with her husband, his name is dmitri rylov, he is an unregistered member of the libertarian party, now his husband, trepovy, is abroad. what was detained for what did she say when she visited tatarskogo, which exploded. can i ask you to tell the parrot

bust to the cafe tatarsky, in which a bomb was installed, a shooting range that belonged to yevgeny prigozhinpened on sunday , maxim von was killed on the pseudo-woodland of antar 25 people were wounded, tatar russian propagandists are fighting from makiyivka, donetsk region, since 2014, he fought in the capture of russian militants, he declared that russia will defeat everyone in its looting, the reaction to the murder of a militant was repugnant in kyiv, as stated by the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, mykhailo podolyak, the elimination of collaborators in russia will lead to irreversible processes that can destroy the aggressor country from the inside. two months of training, another group of ukrainian artillerymen completed training in velika britain the crew mastered the as-90 self-propelled artillery installation , as reported by the ministry of defense of great britain, training was organized at the royal school of artillery, both experienced military personnel and new recruits were trained, we know that the as 90 is a high-precision artillery system with

it is interesting that the head of the communist party of the soviet union, wagner yevgeny prigozhin,d that he would not be held responsible for this event to the ukrainian special services, according to him, it may be the work of literally individual radicals , the russian media also write that previously the cafe where the tatar was blown up belonged to prigozhino well, it is worth adding that the institute for the study of war generally ignores that the murder of tatarsky may also be a warning to the founder of the communist party wagner himself, the murder of fomin may have been intended as a warning to prigozhin, who is increasingly questioning the main theses of the kremlin about the war in ukraine and even a scythe signals an interest in to the russian presidency, either in competition with putin or as his successor , fominna's biography and behavior are similar to prigozhin's biography, since both, after imprisonment and pardon, became by well-known ultra-nationalist figures, i will add that the murdered tatarsky was born in makivka, donetsk region, he was not a journalist, he

typical thing, someone says that it is the internal russian forces who gave such a greeting to yevgeny prigozhin because, er, this explosion took place in a restaurant owned by prigozhin, which he passed there , er, a sub-club for meetings, er, yevhen himself prigozhyn, the owner of the pvk wagner, said in general that i did not blame the kyiv authorities for these actions. i think that a group of radicals is acting, which hardly has any relation to the government. i would call it that, he said. murder, because this is what it is, you know the key to understanding why such and such a reaction. she is really very. look at daria trepova in the famous st. petersburg circles of political activists such as svobody lyubymykh and among st. petersburg feminists under the pseudonym dasha tykovka, what do we know about daria trepova? she worked in a vintage clothing store for some time. she lived in moscow in february 2022. she was detained twice during anti-war rallies in st. petersburg . she went to the rally with her husband . his name is dmitry rylov. parties sejnya sprukt trepovy abroad already calle

behind the ledge, russian propagandists distributed a video in which the head of the pvkvan yevgeny prigozhin says that the wagnerites are ending this is reported by our colleagues from ukrainian pravda, as of today, we are coming to the point that the wagner pvc is ending and the vano pvc will cease to exist in a short time, prigozhin said. he added that he is ready to repeat this statement, despite the fact that it can demoralize russians. ivan pryozhin also stated that they will all go down in history and complained that his fighters lacked ammunition, said this leader of the beauties well, i think you all remember last year's e -report from the international human rights organization emnosty international, in which ukrainian servicemen were accused of violating the laws of war, er, they actually defined it as almost war crimes, but also er, independent experts conducted a review of this last year's report and found it inaccurate and insufficiently substantiated, writes about it from the new york times, an independent expert from of the oxford university of copenhagen and other prestigious

where can you please show us this picture, where, according to yevgeny prigozhin, pmc fighters.

therefore, i myself will say, again , as yevgeny prigozhin said on this flag, which was installed on the administrative building in artyomovsky, there is written good memory of the tatar in length , the tatar war correspondent, whom you killed yesterday. or in st. petersburg and as a result terrorist attack in one of the cafes, so we will, of course, start with this topic. you are not a minute of life, but the military officer maxim fomin , who was known under the pseudonym vladlen tatarsky on sunday during a meeting in a cafe. there's a creative evening. held on universitetskaya embankment in st. petersburg , an explosion thundered almost immediately , eyewitnesses began to tell that the figurine exploded, which one of the girls who came to this meeting gave to the tatar. actually saw it at that moment. now, when the statuette was handed over to him by official wording as a result of the terrorist attack, the tatar was mortally wounded and died on the way to the hospital. in total, more than 30 trebov were injured. this is a blonde with long hair in the photo and video, which was al

and so yevgeny prigozhin said. many e did not lose fighting, but in artyomovsk we multiply, at least by a third of e, three of these 32.000. these are the ones that uh lost their hands, but the loss of security. well, let's put it this way, irretrievable losses of 300, that is, which will never cost three times, and it turns out such a serious meat grinder, because our guys. they also draw on themselves those forces and means that they prepared for counteroffensive operations of this period, that is, this season, uh, and you say, wait. but everyone understands a lot about this, they say, you assert this. does zelensky and his team really not understand this? and, although they are a picture of a picture, but there is a reality, you understand, firstly, if they had at least some kind of subjectivity, this is one moment, that is, they could make a decision, and they make a decision as part of digging in the united states america, uh, within the sneeze. eh, anglo-saxons. e. there, that is, if they made their decisions

bakhmut is standing for this armed forces courageously and heroically defending the city earlier yevgeny prigozhin said that his mercenaries entered the city center and were going to hang the tricolor of the russian federation on the administrative building of bahmut, which, according to chef putin, means the capture of the city ukraine nato minister of foreign affairs dmytro kuleba will take part in the official meeting of the nato-ukraine commission in brussels . this was reported by the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs, oleg ginekolenko, according to the information of the department. on april 3, koliba will meet with the head of diplomacy of the european union, joseph borella. great britain, the united states, finland, spain, new zealand , and japan, i would like to note that this will be the first meeting of the ukraine nato commission since 2017, when the educational law on which hungary advocates, one woman got her injuries were hospitalized with the last seriousness, all due to shelling by the russians of the kharkiv region, the head of the region, oleg synogubov, reported the

yevgeny prigozhin said bakhmut was now russian "in a legal sense" but that ukrainian forces were stilla's far eastern kamchatka region early on monday. the emsc monitoring agency said the quake was at a depth of 62 miles. the us tsunami warning system said there is no tsunami. former economy minister, jakov milatovic, has declared victory in montenegro's presidential election run—off, beating milo djukanovic, who's led montenegro for most of the past 30 years. mr milatovic, of the centrist europe now movement, told cheering supporters in the capital that he would lead montenegro into the european union within five yea rs. he has also promised to fight corruption. 50 years ago today, the world's first mobile phone call was made from a street corner in new york. an american engineer made the call to taunt a rival that his invention was a success. the phone was about four times the weight of a modern iphone 14, had no screen, no camera and no messaging functions. it also took ten hours to charge, providing only half an hour of talk time. the renowned japanese composer and producer, ryuich

in bakhmut, according to russian war criminals , the founder of the private military company, yevgeny prigozhin, gave orders for the killings, one of the knowledge should be punished wrote the head of the president's office andriy yarmak, calling the russians a nation of inhumans and murderers, he noted that ukraine will learn all the facts of the crimes and find everyone who committed them, the russians kidnapped thousands of ukrainian children and the world should see the real face of russia, don't be afraid to beat hard, now we are talking about war criminals from the private military company wagner, but this sheds light on the crimes of the russian army in ukraine, they steal our children and kill one of the few with little knowledge, the punishment should be harsh yes, it is fair and it will definitely be, we will learn all the facts of the crimes and we will find everyone who committed them , the russians kidnapped thousands of ukrainian children , how many of them remained alive is still unknown. of mig-29 fighters, the minister of defense of slovakia, yaroslavna, informed about this - u

vladimir putin awarded the tatar order of courage posthumously, and the founder of the wagner pmc , yevgeny prigozhined him in the ranks of the wagnerites with subsequent payments of compensation and other social guarantees, provisions for the dead fighters. and this is right, the whole award should always find its hero. even after the death of evgeny belousov around the planet preservation of sovereignty and independence the desire to preserve the world of creation for the benefit of the future and social justice, and we will continue to uphold our democratic values, such was the response in belarus to the initiated and with the resolution regarding our country, not a single international treaty gives the right to interfere in internal affairs from a confident state. under the pretext of human rights. nobody owns a patent for democracy , the belarusian diplomat emphasized. larisa belskaya motives for nomination, proposed for consideration and resolutions on belarus at the current session council, as well as 2 years ago less. the total rights-related stuff was used by the 2020 election campaign to fu

prospects for the enemy on the land of ukraine, the leader of the wagner pvk is tired of the war yevgeny prigozhin advises the russian authorities to announce the end of the so-called special military operation with concentrate on getting a firm foothold in the occupied territories of ukraine . his press service informs about this. putin's chief cook suggests putting a bold dot at the same time . forced passporting continues in the temporarily occupied territories this is reported by the center of national resistance to leave the region without an enemy id card it is almost impossible at every checkpoint ukrainians who still do not have a passport of the russian federation are being thoroughly checked, according to the cns, it is even possible to detain such people to leave russia without the status of a citizen of this country , they do not allow entry to ukraine . it was impossible to live without a red book with a double-headed eagle the war took away his health but did not break it a 28-year-old paratrooper from zhytomyr oblast returned home in a wheelchair even after eight months due to shrap

earlier, yevgeny prigozhin said bakhmut had been taken "from a legal point of view", but admitted thatart of the city. you will know we have had those pictures showing the wagner group purporting to raise the flag over the city. in its morning update, the ukrainian army said fighting in bakhmut continued. a very unclear picture emerging from bakhmut, claim and counterclaim, as we said in ukraine saying it is still under their control even though there are claims from the russian mercenary wagner group saying they are in charge. and further we were talking about the bomb blast in st petersburg, an update there, russian investigators say they have detained a suspect, our correspondent in moscow was telling us the suspect has been detained, that explosion over the weekend killing a top military blogger and someone supportive, there he is, of the russian campaign in ukraine. the suspect they named an hour or so in ukraine. the suspect they named an hour orso ago, in ukraine. the suspect they named an hour or so ago, detained now on suspicion of involvement in the explosion in a cafe in st

the head of the group yevgeny prigozhin unfurled a russian flag at bakhmut�*s city hall — but ukrainerts of the eastern town. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and i asked him how much we actually know about what's happening in bakhmut. we have been talking about bakhmut for a very long time, right? it is extremely difficult to get a clear picture of what is happening there, especially now because international journalists, observers, are not being allowed into bakhmut. we do know that the russians have made some progress, in recent days, but now, we are seeing claims and counter claims from both russia and ukraine, you had this claim from the wagner group, the head of the wagner group which is the group that has been leading the russian offensive in a bakhmut, but earlier today, we had reaction from the ukrainian military, a spokesperson for the army here, said that this was a false claim by the wagner group, and that clashes were still happening in the city centre. essentially, rejecting this claim that has been made by the head of the wagner group. again, it is extremely di

she's written extensively about the wagner group, and it's leader yevgeny prigozhin.come to the newshour. think you very much. tell us more about who this was and why his death is significant. guest: he was probably one of the most prolific pro-russian military bloggers on the social media channels popular with russian speakers. he had a huge following, sometime around 2017, 2018, he became popular for starting a social mediaertical called reverse cyber metal, which is basically a mouthpiece and soapbox for somof the most extreme ultranationalist element of russia's right. in particular, it is a cultural hub for the waggoner group and russian mercenaries and soldiers of fortune. >> fast-forward to the full-scale invasion and he's one of the most prominent bloggers not only advocating for the war but pushing the military and government for more work. guest: one thing to understand about tarski and the river side of the metal isob number one is to stoke passion for war. job number two was to make sure that passion could be converted in the mobilization of forces the sly

recently, the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin claimed that the spokesman for the kremlin dmitry peskov that his son had served with wagner. you saw this, and then a few days later peskov's son suddenly appears in an interview with one of the stars of russian state media. funny how that is. but let me play the exchange. >> translator: i decided to participate. >> was your family against it? >> translator: they supported it. >> but not right away? >> translator: yes. not right away. they were in a bit of a shock. they were worried, but respected my decision and supported it. >> that's nice. >> so this tall and humble guy with a recognizable voice and recognizable eyes is the son of dmitry sergevich. he is very humble, he never flaunted it. so all the classes and nobilities are fighting. deputies and the children of public officials, professional soldiers, and simple men. >> so, julia, we have no idea whether peskov's son actually served or not. they just say he did. they say the nobility, people from all levels, are serving. what are they showing with this? >> well, their three-da

and that was yevgeny prigozhin, the chief of the wagner group saying they're threatened with extinction and they're going to go away because they just don't have the ammunition, they don't have the weapons. i just want to ask you whether you think this is true. what you're hearing about their role in the battlefield, and the context i want to add to is a ukrainian soldier i spoke to earlier week. he had originally talked to me about how these wagner forces would literally do those rushes in waves, you'd kill the first and the second wave. they did that because if they turned around and went back, they'd be killed. but he says they're seeing a lot more russian soldiers on the battlefield and not wagner group. are you understanding that there's been a shift on the ground? >> well, i think it's definitely true that these human wave attacks haven't worked, and it's taken months for the russians to realize this. but maybe that's hit home and so they're changing their tactics. the russians have also been working on training all these new recruits that they're literally pulling off the streets

yevgeny prigozhin of russia's wagner private military company saying his forces feel abandoned by the russian army. the ukrainian army is fully ready to move and cut our flanks, he says. nobody has ever covered our flanks, all those stories about preventing the ukrainian reserves from entering bakhmut are total crap. not a single shot was fired by the russian army. while russia's forces struggle on the battlefield in ukraine, the attrition against the russian opposition continues after alexei navalny's hearing he was sent straight back into solitary confinement, his supporters say. also today for the first time since the war started, the chinese leader xi jinping spoke with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. china right now trying to style themselves as negotiators in all this possible peacemakers as well. afterwards, zelenskyy said that all of this was about promoting a just peace for ukraine. well, the chinese held back a little bit. they were saying that they want to promote what they call dialogue and talk. however, this seems to be quite lopsided on the part of the chinese.

is, there is an attempt to snap shut this loop, and it became a consequence of the fact that yevgeny prigozhinn troops. well, nothing gouging out other russian troops. they tightly took to the flanks and, accordingly, freed up reserves a man in agniya for a decisive assault and possible encirclement of the enemy grouping in order to form two fronts at once, the outer and inner ring front. as i understand it, uh, there is such an idea and quite it. we can see that the fierceness of the battle for artyom will only grow before you, where the contour has come. well, every day passes the next one every day, we hand over this issue, nothing moves, but yesterday shmygal said that, most likely, the counter will be here in the summer and will allow them to fly. well, i don't think that shygal actually wanted to inform us about when their counter-trainer would be. i think this is all an operation, as if provocation is all an attempt to knock us off the right track. i do not think that they will wait until the summer, while the situation for them says that they cannot wait to fly. well, if you wait until

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and by the way, today yevgeny prigozhin posted a map and it shows that i wrote down my post just before in pressure on all other areas. this is now the rest of the russian russian army, respectively, the seversk operation. it is now completely concentrated in the hands of the already russian general staff plus the troops of the already indigenous, conditionally yes, regular units armed forces of the russian federation, that is, the division of the operation went. i think this wholesomeness seems to be both on one and on the other. moreover, the artyoms need to be cleaned up , one more effort is needed, respectively , regrouping was needed here. here is what we are now seeing dramatically in a few days of increased pressure. these are, among other things, the results of this very regrouping of forces, but in other directions, avdeek. and according to my information from the north in ours they are trying to attack to develop success. in the railroad area there are some very intense battles going on. and everything goes on, serious attacks are coming, aircraft are hitting the enemy with a

the head of the mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, says troops raised the russian flag over the administrationm a legal point of view. ukraine's military says russian forces are still very far, though , from capturing the town though, from capturing the town . a woman has been arrested in russia over the death of. a prominent pro—war blogger in st petersburg. vlad lyon to task. he was killed and at least 32 people injured in an explosion at a cafe yesterday. russian investigators say they've detained pova as detained daria pova as a suspect. mr. tartus gives a vocal supporter of russia's war in ukraine in, battered with troops and provided running commentary of the invasion . commentary of the invasion. jodie comer and paul mescal won the top prizes for their west end debut performances at last night's olivier awards. comber won best actress for her role as tessa in a one person production prima facie, while mescal took home best actor for role as stanley kowalski in the new stage adaption of streetcar named desire , this is gb news named desire, this is gb news will bring you more as it happe

the head of the mercenary group , yevgeny mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his forces raisedhe russian flag over an administre russian building in the city and they claim they've taken it from a legal point of view. ukraine, though, disputes the claim saying russian forces are still very far from capturing the town and that a rag has simply been hung on a random site and say jodie comer , paul mescal won the top prizes for their west end debut performance at last night's olivier awards . a coma won best olivier awards. a coma won best actress for her role as tessa in a one person production prima facie, while mescal took home the best actor for his role as stanley kowalski in the new stage adaption of a streetcar named . congratulations to them. named. congratulations to them. this is gb news more as it happens. now it's over to. mark our and thank you very much indeed. so the prime minister pledging the correctness will not get in the way of a crackdown on. grooming gangs as ministers promise, tougher sentences and extra support for local police to protect children from abus

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