Wagner

Day 451 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 449 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 446 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed Russia's military would be victorious in Ukraine and blamed Western countries for the conflict, comparing the fighting to World War II during a military parade on Red Square.

The head of the Wagner mercenary group said on Sunday that Russia had promised his fighters enough ammunition to stay in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, after threatening to pull out in scathing videos.

Rivalries between Yevgeny Prigozhin and the conventional army had boiled over during the battle for the now-devastated flashpoint, where Wagner is leading the assault.

Day 438 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Evacuations from the front line around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant prompted safety warnings from the UN nuclear watchdog on Saturday, as a string of recent strikes escalate predictions of a looming spring counteroffensive.

Day 437 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday threatened to pull frontline troops out of Bakhmut -- the epicentre of Ukraine's determined fight against Moscow's forces - in an extraordinary attack on military chiefs ahead of an expected offensive by Kyiv.

Day 436 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: