Putin rules by showing strength. Russia’s crisis exposed his weakness.
As the mercenary commander whose soldiers of fortune had fought alongside regular Russian troops in Ukraine led his menacing march toward Moscow, President Vladimir Putin accused the mutineers of “treason.”
But after the Kremlin blinked, proffering a desperate deal to halt an advance that had closed to within 125 miles of the Russian capital, the former Putin ally Yevgeniy Prigozhin found himself not condemned as a traitor, but hailed by an outpouring of Russians as a hero.
“We’re rooting for you!” exclaimed a woman in Rostov-on-Don, home to Russia’s southern command, taken Saturday by Prigozhin’s fighters unopposed. The 62-year-old warlord, who heads Russia’s murky Wagner Group, rolled down the window of his black SUV to receive well-wishers and submit to selfies.
“Good health!” said one man, verified videos show. “We support you!” said another.
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As the mercenary commander whose soldiers of fortune had fought alongside regular Russian troops in Ukraine led his menacing march toward Moscow, President Vladimir Putin accused the mutineers of “treason.”
But after the Kremlin blinked, proffering a desperate deal to halt an advance that had closed to within 125 miles of the Russian capital, the former Putin ally Yevgeniy Prigozhin found himself not condemned as a traitor, but hailed by an outpouring of Russians as a hero.
“We’re rooting for you!” exclaimed a woman in Rostov-on-Don, home to Russia’s southern command, taken Saturday by Prigozhin’s fighters unopposed. The 62-year-old warlord, who heads Russia’s murky Wagner Group, rolled down the window of his black SUV to receive well-wishers and submit to selfies.
“Good health!” said one man, verified videos show. “We support you!” said another.
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Wagner rift adds to Russian weaknesses amid Ukraine’s counteroffensive
As the fratricidal spat between Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Russia’s top military brass spilled over into open conflict over the weekend — sparking a march toward Moscow, an apparent mutiny of the mercenaries and a subsequent exile to Belarus — the war in Ukraine went on pretty much as usual.
At least five people were killed Saturday when debris from a Russian missile hit a building in Kyiv. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s counteroffensive continued in the south, where Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Monday that Ukraine had liberated another 6.5 square miles of land from Russian occupation.
But while the chaos engulfing Wagner has not had an immediate battlefield impact on Ukraine’s counteroffensive, analysts say that in the longer term, the dispute can only hurt Russia.
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As the fratricidal spat between Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Russia’s top military brass spilled over into open conflict over the weekend — sparking a march toward Moscow, an apparent mutiny of the mercenaries and a subsequent exile to Belarus — the war in Ukraine went on pretty much as usual.
At least five people were killed Saturday when debris from a Russian missile hit a building in Kyiv. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s counteroffensive continued in the south, where Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Monday that Ukraine had liberated another 6.5 square miles of land from Russian occupation.
But while the chaos engulfing Wagner has not had an immediate battlefield impact on Ukraine’s counteroffensive, analysts say that in the longer term, the dispute can only hurt Russia.
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On this part of the eastern front, Russia is still on the attack
KREMINNA FOREST, Ukraine — For five days, the attacking Russians threw everything they had at the Ukrainian brigade defending a patch of forest here on the eastern front — mortar, artillery, flamethrowers and tank fire — mowing down whatever stood in their way. By the sixth day, bodies littered the smoldering terrain. Only a scorched field and blackened tree stumps remained.
“We had to retreat,” said an infantryman, who goes by the call sign “Master,” describing the battle earlier this month. “It was very challenging for the infantry to hold the front, because we were being pushed very hard by the Russians, without adequate artillery cover.”
The forest, just west of Kreminna, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, is now an epicenter of some of the war’s fiercest fighting.
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KREMINNA FOREST, Ukraine — For five days, the attacking Russians threw everything they had at the Ukrainian brigade defending a patch of forest here on the eastern front — mortar, artillery, flamethrowers and tank fire — mowing down whatever stood in their way. By the sixth day, bodies littered the smoldering terrain. Only a scorched field and blackened tree stumps remained.
“We had to retreat,” said an infantryman, who goes by the call sign “Master,” describing the battle earlier this month. “It was very challenging for the infantry to hold the front, because we were being pushed very hard by the Russians, without adequate artillery cover.”
The forest, just west of Kreminna, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, is now an epicenter of some of the war’s fiercest fighting.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed Tuesday that Yevgeniy Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
- Security guarantees for Prigozhin have been provided as promised, Lukashenko said at a ceremony with senior military officers, according to a state media report.
- Putin sought to bolster the image of his military on Tuesday, addressing dozens of military officers and soldiers who supposedly took part in quelling the mutiny.
- Putin sought to bolster the image of his military on Tuesday, addressing dozens of military officers and soldiers who supposedly took part in quelling the mutiny.
- Prigozhin called the short-lived rebellion a “march of justice” after he said Russian forces killed 30 of his fighters.
- Latvia and Lithuania urged NATO to fortify its eastern borders in response to the Wagner Group’s revolt and Prigozhin’s reported relocation to Belarus.
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- Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed Tuesday that Yevgeniy Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
- Security guarantees for Prigozhin have been provided as promised, Lukashenko said at a ceremony with senior military officers, according to a state media report.
- Putin sought to bolster the image of his military on Tuesday, addressing dozens of military officers and soldiers who supposedly took part in quelling the mutiny.
- Putin sought to bolster the image of his military on Tuesday, addressing dozens of military officers and soldiers who supposedly took part in quelling the mutiny.
- Prigozhin called the short-lived rebellion a “march of justice” after he said Russian forces killed 30 of his fighters.
- Latvia and Lithuania urged NATO to fortify its eastern borders in response to the Wagner Group’s revolt and Prigozhin’s reported relocation to Belarus.
More live updates here.
Lukashenko claims he persuaded Putin not to kill Wagner boss Prigozhin
RIGA, Latvia — When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tried to convince Yevgeniy Prigozhin to call off his rebellion against Moscow, the mercenary boss was “half-crazed,” Lukashenko said, pouring out obscenities for half an hour — and unaware, perhaps, that his life was at risk.
The swearing in their phone conversation Saturday “was 10 times more than normal,” Lukashenko said in remarkably frank comments during a meeting Tuesday with his generals. He claimed to have stopped Russian President Vladimir Putin from making a “harsh decision” — a suggestion that Putin planned to kill the Wagner Group chief. Lukashenko’s comments were published by Belarusian state media.
Prigozhin said he wanted to speak to Putin, Lukashenko said, and demanded that frequent targets of his ire be handed over to him. That wasn’t going to happen, Lukashenko said.
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RIGA, Latvia — When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tried to convince Yevgeniy Prigozhin to call off his rebellion against Moscow, the mercenary boss was “half-crazed,” Lukashenko said, pouring out obscenities for half an hour — and unaware, perhaps, that his life was at risk.
The swearing in their phone conversation Saturday “was 10 times more than normal,” Lukashenko said in remarkably frank comments during a meeting Tuesday with his generals. He claimed to have stopped Russian President Vladimir Putin from making a “harsh decision” — a suggestion that Putin planned to kill the Wagner Group chief. Lukashenko’s comments were published by Belarusian state media.
Prigozhin said he wanted to speak to Putin, Lukashenko said, and demanded that frequent targets of his ire be handed over to him. That wasn’t going to happen, Lukashenko said.
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A pro-Russian tide in Slovakia could threaten Europe’s unity on Ukraine
DUBNICA, Slovakia — Inside the hulking arms factory, dozens of workers delicately fit fuses inside the tips of the 155-millimeter artillery shells that are in insatiable demand in Ukraine’s war.
But even in this town, established around the arms industry before World War II broke out, the deliveries are divisive.
“It’s fuel on the flames,” said Samuel Prekop, 19, as he sat with his family in a nearby square, voicing objections shared by a growing majority of Slovaks.
Fanning polarization across Slovakia is Robert Fico, a socially conservative left-wing populist and two-time former prime minister, who has risen to the top of the polls once again while promising to end military aid to Ukraine and veto “pointless” European Union sanctions on Russia.
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DUBNICA, Slovakia — Inside the hulking arms factory, dozens of workers delicately fit fuses inside the tips of the 155-millimeter artillery shells that are in insatiable demand in Ukraine’s war.
But even in this town, established around the arms industry before World War II broke out, the deliveries are divisive.
“It’s fuel on the flames,” said Samuel Prekop, 19, as he sat with his family in a nearby square, voicing objections shared by a growing majority of Slovaks.
Fanning polarization across Slovakia is Robert Fico, a socially conservative left-wing populist and two-time former prime minister, who has risen to the top of the polls once again while promising to end military aid to Ukraine and veto “pointless” European Union sanctions on Russia.
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Rebellion shakes Russian elite’s faith in Putin’s strength
LONDON — The impact of the fiercest-ever challenge to Vladimir Putin’s 23-year presidency was still reverberating among Moscow’s elites Monday as questions swirled over whether the Russian president had, for a moment at least, lost control of the country.
When Putin addressed the nation on Monday for the first time since the chaos of this weekend’s armed rebellion, he thanked the population for displaying “unity and patriotism” which he said clearly demonstrated that “any attempt to cause internal turmoil was doomed to fail.”
But the armed insurrection by the leader of the Wagner mercenary group has shattered the carefully crafted myth that was the cornerstone of Putin’s presidency — that he represented stability and strength — and many in the upper reaches of Russian politics and business wonder whether he can recover from it. Some even suggested that a search for Putin’s successor could be underway.
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LONDON — The impact of the fiercest-ever challenge to Vladimir Putin’s 23-year presidency was still reverberating among Moscow’s elites Monday as questions swirled over whether the Russian president had, for a moment at least, lost control of the country.
When Putin addressed the nation on Monday for the first time since the chaos of this weekend’s armed rebellion, he thanked the population for displaying “unity and patriotism” which he said clearly demonstrated that “any attempt to cause internal turmoil was doomed to fail.”
But the armed insurrection by the leader of the Wagner mercenary group has shattered the carefully crafted myth that was the cornerstone of Putin’s presidency — that he represented stability and strength — and many in the upper reaches of Russian politics and business wonder whether he can recover from it. Some even suggested that a search for Putin’s successor could be underway.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- At about 7:30 p.m. — peak dinner hour — an Iskander ballistic missile slammed through Ria’s roof, turning the restaurant into a mangled twist of metal frames, white canvas, and collapsed cement walls. At least 11 people were killed, including three children, authorities said, and at least 61 others were injured, including an 8-month-old baby.
- Russian forces shelled the eastern city of Chuhuiv on Wednesday morning, killing three people, Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synyehubov said.
- Ukraine has retaken 50 square miles in the country’s south from entrenched Russian forces, The Post reported.
- The Kreminna Forest in the Luhansk region is now one of the most dangerous spots on the front line, with the fighting driven by Russia.
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed Tuesday that Prigozhin arrived in Belarus, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
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- At about 7:30 p.m. — peak dinner hour — an Iskander ballistic missile slammed through Ria’s roof, turning the restaurant into a mangled twist of metal frames, white canvas, and collapsed cement walls. At least 11 people were killed, including three children, authorities said, and at least 61 others were injured, including an 8-month-old baby.
- Russian forces shelled the eastern city of Chuhuiv on Wednesday morning, killing three people, Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synyehubov said.
- Ukraine has retaken 50 square miles in the country’s south from entrenched Russian forces, The Post reported.
- The Kreminna Forest in the Luhansk region is now one of the most dangerous spots on the front line, with the fighting driven by Russia.
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed Tuesday that Prigozhin arrived in Belarus, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
More live updates here.
Here's the latest from Ukraine:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public appearance, traveling to the southern city of Derbent in an apparent bid to demonstrate the strength of his support. State media outlets reported that Putin received an enthusiastic reception from residents.
- In eastern Ukraine, at least three children are among 12 people killed when a Russian missile struck a popular pizzeria in Kramatorsk during dinner time, Ukrainian officials said.
- Ukraine’s intelligence agency said it arrested a local gas transportation company employee on charges of aiding in the Kramatorsk attack. The employee is accused of surreptitiously filming the restaurant and its vicinity for the Kremlin’s security services.
- Russia’s parliament gave preliminary approval to levy a one-time windfall tax on big businesses, Reuters reported. The move is aimed at boosting government coffers by approximately $3.5 billion as Moscow struggles to finance its invasion.
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public appearance, traveling to the southern city of Derbent in an apparent bid to demonstrate the strength of his support. State media outlets reported that Putin received an enthusiastic reception from residents.
- In eastern Ukraine, at least three children are among 12 people killed when a Russian missile struck a popular pizzeria in Kramatorsk during dinner time, Ukrainian officials said.
- Ukraine’s intelligence agency said it arrested a local gas transportation company employee on charges of aiding in the Kramatorsk attack. The employee is accused of surreptitiously filming the restaurant and its vicinity for the Kremlin’s security services.
- Russia’s parliament gave preliminary approval to levy a one-time windfall tax on big businesses, Reuters reported. The move is aimed at boosting government coffers by approximately $3.5 billion as Moscow struggles to finance its invasion.
More live updates here.
After Putin speech on deal with mercenaries, Russia confronts divisions
RIGA, Latvia — As Russian President Vladimir Putin extolled the nation’s “unity and patriotism” and attempted to project a military consolidated behind him after a failed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries, Russians on Tuesday continued to confront jarring questions about divisions in the security forces and how the president allowed the country to reach a risk of civil war.
The Kremlin on Tuesday went into overdrive to try to project unity and reassert Putin’s strength while moving to diminish Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the former Putin ally who led the rebellion. But the official explanations for why Prigozhin was allowed to escape without punishment looked unusually thin, highlighting new doubts about Putin’s strength and competence in a crisis.
Putin on Tuesday met with a group of military and security officers following a late-night meeting on Monday with leaders of all the major security agencies.
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RIGA, Latvia — As Russian President Vladimir Putin extolled the nation’s “unity and patriotism” and attempted to project a military consolidated behind him after a failed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries, Russians on Tuesday continued to confront jarring questions about divisions in the security forces and how the president allowed the country to reach a risk of civil war.
The Kremlin on Tuesday went into overdrive to try to project unity and reassert Putin’s strength while moving to diminish Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the former Putin ally who led the rebellion. But the official explanations for why Prigozhin was allowed to escape without punishment looked unusually thin, highlighting new doubts about Putin’s strength and competence in a crisis.
Putin on Tuesday met with a group of military and security officers following a late-night meeting on Monday with leaders of all the major security agencies.
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After Wagner mutiny, Navalny asks why he, not Prigozhin, is jailed
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is being tried on “extremism” charges in a case that could add decades to his sentence, sat in a courtroom following this weekend’s Wagner mercenary rebellion. He stared, thunderstruck, at news images of the crisis that his lawyers showed him.
Accused of trying to overthrow Russian authorities himself, Navalny was stunned that Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who sent columns of fighters and tanks rolling toward Moscow and whose fighters shot down six Russian helicopters and a plane, had escaped insurrection charges, thanks to a deal with President Vladimir Putin.
As the rebels sped toward Moscow on Saturday and Prigozhin released audio messages declaring that he and his men were “ready to die,” and would shoot any forces resisting them, Navalny was in a grim prison colony with no access, he said, to the news either on radio or television or even from other inmates.
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Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is being tried on “extremism” charges in a case that could add decades to his sentence, sat in a courtroom following this weekend’s Wagner mercenary rebellion. He stared, thunderstruck, at news images of the crisis that his lawyers showed him.
Accused of trying to overthrow Russian authorities himself, Navalny was stunned that Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who sent columns of fighters and tanks rolling toward Moscow and whose fighters shot down six Russian helicopters and a plane, had escaped insurrection charges, thanks to a deal with President Vladimir Putin.
As the rebels sped toward Moscow on Saturday and Prigozhin released audio messages declaring that he and his men were “ready to die,” and would shoot any forces resisting them, Navalny was in a grim prison colony with no access, he said, to the news either on radio or television or even from other inmates.
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Prigozhin’s rebellion raises questions about Wagner’s African footprint
DAKAR, Senegal — The aborted rebellion in Russia has brought unease to large swaths of Africa where leaders who have turned to the Wagner mercenary group to bolster their hold on power now face the prospect that the private paramilitary organization could be weakened or even dismantled, according to experts on the region as well as Western officials and analysts.
The world’s attention has largely focused on the turbulence within Russia, where the aura of President Vladimir Putin is widely perceived to have been damaged by the short-lived insurrection of Wagner’s leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin. But a Kremlin crackdown on Wagner would also have far-reaching consequences in Africa and the Middle East, where Wagner supplied lethal firepower to despots and strongmen while advancing Moscow’s international agenda.
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DAKAR, Senegal — The aborted rebellion in Russia has brought unease to large swaths of Africa where leaders who have turned to the Wagner mercenary group to bolster their hold on power now face the prospect that the private paramilitary organization could be weakened or even dismantled, according to experts on the region as well as Western officials and analysts.
The world’s attention has largely focused on the turbulence within Russia, where the aura of President Vladimir Putin is widely perceived to have been damaged by the short-lived insurrection of Wagner’s leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin. But a Kremlin crackdown on Wagner would also have far-reaching consequences in Africa and the Middle East, where Wagner supplied lethal firepower to despots and strongmen while advancing Moscow’s international agenda.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public appearance as he met with residents of the southern city of Derbent on June 28.
- Ukraine’s intelligence agency said it arrested a local gas transportation company employee on charges of aiding in the Kramatorsk attack.
- Before his mutiny, Wagner chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin was told by Russian officials that his forces could no longer participate in the war, Duma defense committee chairman Andrei Kartapolov said Thursday.
- European leaders agreed at a Brussels summit to continue their “long-term” support for Ukraine.
- A Vatican delegation traveled to Moscow to meet with top Russian officials as part of Pope Francis’s efforts to promote “a much-wished-for peace,” the Vatican’s envoy to Moscow, Giovanni D’Aniello, said Thursday.
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public appearance as he met with residents of the southern city of Derbent on June 28.
- Ukraine’s intelligence agency said it arrested a local gas transportation company employee on charges of aiding in the Kramatorsk attack.
- Before his mutiny, Wagner chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin was told by Russian officials that his forces could no longer participate in the war, Duma defense committee chairman Andrei Kartapolov said Thursday.
- European leaders agreed at a Brussels summit to continue their “long-term” support for Ukraine.
- A Vatican delegation traveled to Moscow to meet with top Russian officials as part of Pope Francis’s efforts to promote “a much-wished-for peace,” the Vatican’s envoy to Moscow, Giovanni D’Aniello, said Thursday.
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Putin’s standing as global strongman in jeopardy after revolt
Over the past decade, President Vladimir Putin has won friends and admirers worldwide as the embodiment of a strongman, using military interventions in the Middle East and Africa to restore Russia’s role as a world power and promoting himself as an authoritarian alternative to the United States and the West.
The weekend mutiny by the Wagner Group and its chaotic aftermath have jeopardized that image, jolting many assumptions about Putin’s autocratic credentials, Russia’s stability and the likely course of the war in Ukraine.
With events continuing to unfold, it is still too early to tell how badly Putin has been weakened, analysts caution. The Wagner Group could be dismantled and its leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, now in exile in neighboring Belarus, could end up detained or killed. Putin may yet launch a broad crackdown against all his critics that could leave him more firmly in control than he was before.
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Over the past decade, President Vladimir Putin has won friends and admirers worldwide as the embodiment of a strongman, using military interventions in the Middle East and Africa to restore Russia’s role as a world power and promoting himself as an authoritarian alternative to the United States and the West.
The weekend mutiny by the Wagner Group and its chaotic aftermath have jeopardized that image, jolting many assumptions about Putin’s autocratic credentials, Russia’s stability and the likely course of the war in Ukraine.
With events continuing to unfold, it is still too early to tell how badly Putin has been weakened, analysts caution. The Wagner Group could be dismantled and its leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, now in exile in neighboring Belarus, could end up detained or killed. Putin may yet launch a broad crackdown against all his critics that could leave him more firmly in control than he was before.
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Delivering mail in war-ravaged Ukraine: ‘There are still people living here’
HULYAIPOLE, Ukraine — The trio of Ukrainian postal workers — a mail carrier, a driver and a security guard — wait for a lull in the shelling before entering Hulyaipole, a city near the front line where they often make deliveries under fire, zigzagging along bumpy lanes in their small white-and-yellow van. On one particularly hair-raising route, between two neighboring towns, they say a quick prayer, slam the accelerator and race across a mile-long stretch of open road in front of Russian positions.
Clad in bulletproof vests, they make this dangerous journey three times a month, in line with a new wartime schedule organized by Ukraine’s state postal service, Ukrposhta. They deliver not just letters and parcels but also pensions, groceries and medicine for the few residents who still live near Hulyaipole.
“Somebody has to do this job — and nobody wants to do it,” said the mail carrier, Natalia Hrinenko.
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HULYAIPOLE, Ukraine — The trio of Ukrainian postal workers — a mail carrier, a driver and a security guard — wait for a lull in the shelling before entering Hulyaipole, a city near the front line where they often make deliveries under fire, zigzagging along bumpy lanes in their small white-and-yellow van. On one particularly hair-raising route, between two neighboring towns, they say a quick prayer, slam the accelerator and race across a mile-long stretch of open road in front of Russian positions.
Clad in bulletproof vests, they make this dangerous journey three times a month, in line with a new wartime schedule organized by Ukraine’s state postal service, Ukrposhta. They deliver not just letters and parcels but also pensions, groceries and medicine for the few residents who still live near Hulyaipole.
“Somebody has to do this job — and nobody wants to do it,” said the mail carrier, Natalia Hrinenko.
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Russian elites brace for sweeping Kremlin investigation of Wagner rebellion
RIGA, Latvia — The Kremlin was in overdrive on Thursday striving to consolidate control and project an image of normalcy as questions swirled about the whereabouts of a top general, and Russia’s elites steeled themselves for a sweeping investigation into last weekend’s mercenary rebellion.
Among those being questioned, according to Russian media and members of the elite, was Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian aerospace forces, who had good relations with Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin. He reportedly intervened to sort out Prigozhin’s demands for ammunition after complaints that his fighters were poorly supplied.
Some members of the Russian elite, terrified at how close Prigozhin’s fighters got to Moscow and to setting off a civil war, raced to show their loyalty to President Vladimir Putin.
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RIGA, Latvia — The Kremlin was in overdrive on Thursday striving to consolidate control and project an image of normalcy as questions swirled about the whereabouts of a top general, and Russia’s elites steeled themselves for a sweeping investigation into last weekend’s mercenary rebellion.
Among those being questioned, according to Russian media and members of the elite, was Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian aerospace forces, who had good relations with Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin. He reportedly intervened to sort out Prigozhin’s demands for ammunition after complaints that his fighters were poorly supplied.
Some members of the Russian elite, terrified at how close Prigozhin’s fighters got to Moscow and to setting off a civil war, raced to show their loyalty to President Vladimir Putin.
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Cyberattack knocks out satellite communications for Russian military
A satellite communications system serving the Russian military was knocked offline by a cyberattack late Wednesday and remained mostly down on Thursday, in an incident reminiscent of an attack on a similar system used by Ukraine at the start of the war between the countries.
Dozor-Teleport, the satellite system’s operator, switched some users to terrestrial networks during the outage, according to JD Work, a cyberspace professor at the National Defense University. Analyst Doug Madory of Kentik, which monitors online traffic, said one network was taken over by Dozor’s parent company, Amtel-Svyaz, while three others remained down.
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A satellite communications system serving the Russian military was knocked offline by a cyberattack late Wednesday and remained mostly down on Thursday, in an incident reminiscent of an attack on a similar system used by Ukraine at the start of the war between the countries.
Dozor-Teleport, the satellite system’s operator, switched some users to terrestrial networks during the outage, according to JD Work, a cyberspace professor at the National Defense University. Analyst Doug Madory of Kentik, which monitors online traffic, said one network was taken over by Dozor’s parent company, Amtel-Svyaz, while three others remained down.
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