Below is a roundup of today’s stories: Wagner mercenaries will no longer fight in Ukraine after their chief refuse d to sign contracts with the Kremlin. Kirill is a strong supporter of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision to send troops into Ukraine. A senior Ukrainian defence official told the newspaper that Kyiv had received positive signs in recent weeks that the US had come around on the missile system. US officials did not want to give the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, an excuse to claim that the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion was orchestrated by the US or Ukraine. Updated at 13.52 BST1d ago 13.36 BST “Nothing [has] happened” to Gen Sergei Surovikin said his daughter on Thursday after reports of his arrest.

Source: The Guardian June 30, 2023 00:38 UTC