Stay updates: Wagner mercenaries are still in Ukraine, Pentagon suggests EU leaders pledge much more protection commitments

Stay updates: Wagner mercenaries are still in Ukraine, Pentagon suggests EU leaders pledge much more protection commitments


Almost a week soon after its failed insurrection in opposition to Moscow, some pieces of Russian paramilitary group Wagner continue to be in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine, the U.S. Pentagon claims.

“On Wagner Team and its disposition, what I would tell you is, correct now, we go on to see some components of the Wagner Team in Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine,” Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier Typical Pat Ryder explained Thursday.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is now in exile in Belarus, Minsk explained previously this 7 days.

The quick-lived Wagner insurrection deeply divided Moscow’s military echelons, with the EU now seeing cracks in Russian unity, Estonian Primary Minister Kaja Kallas instructed CNBC.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the get started of the 1st day of an EU summit on June 29, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.

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The intercontinental local community has continued to rally around Ukraine, with the World Bank extending a new $1.5-billion personal loan to Kyiv, when EU leaders this 7 days pledged unspecified foreseeable future protection commitments.

In a additional clearly show of solidarity, Spain is set to begin its 6-thirty day period transform at the helm of the EU Council’s rotating presidency with a take a look at to Kyiv by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Ukraine has been pushing for accession into the European coalition and the NATO armed service alliance.



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