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Russian invasion The Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. AP  

 

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After the Wagner group's move: Ukraine strengthens in the north  

 

After Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the private army Wagner Group, was transferred to Belarus, Ukraine is strengthening its border with the neighboring country, writes Reuters.  

 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed Ukrainian commanders to increase defense capabilities throughout northern Ukraine. He does not mention the Wagner group specifically, but states that both the Ukrainian intelligence service and the country's security forces follow developments in Belarus continuously.  

 

As many as 25,000 mercenaries are believed to have been part of the Wagner group in connection with their march on Moscow a week ago.  

 

How many of them subsequently accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer of a future in exile in Belarus is not known.  

 

According to media reports, the Wagner group may have been offered an abandoned military base in the town of Asipovichi, nine miles southeast of the capital Minsk and thirty miles from the Ukrainian border. 

 

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Ukrainian troops from the front rest in Uppsala 

 

A Ukrainian troop from the front has visited Uppsala to recover and gain inspiration, writes SVT Uppsala. 

 

During their visit to the city, the troupe was given a tour of Old Uppsala and a lecture at the University Hospital.  

 

The lecture was about tactical medical care in order to successfully organize the rescue work in the best way according to NATO standards. 

 

- It is good to be able to recharge the batteries, says Igor Hoz from the Ukrainian squad to SVT.  

 

 

Member of the Wagner group in Rostov-on-Don during the uprising, 24 June. AP  

 

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BBC: Wagner claims recruiting as usual  

 

The Wagner group continues its recruitment in Russia despite last weekend's failed uprising against the Russian military leadership, the BBC reports.  

 

The BBC has - from a Russian number - called more than ten recruitment centers and asked questions about recruitment on behalf of an alleged brother. All offices stated that recruitment continues as before. Several who answered the phone emphasized that the soldiers sign contracts with the private force, not with the Russian army. 

 

- We are working on. If something had changed, they would have told us, says a female recruiter in Krasnodar in southern Russia.  

 

 

Wagner forces in the city of Rostov-on-Don. AP  

 

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NEW: The US urged Ukraine to calm down during the uprising  

 

During the Wagner group's uprising last weekend, the US advised Ukraine against influencing the course of events or exploiting the situation, for example through covert operations in Russia. The New York Times reports.  

 

The purpose of the call was not to give Vladimir Putin a pretext to blame the uprising on the West or Ukraine. The US also did not judge that a Ukrainian operation would affect the goals of the rebellion, but essentially gave Putin a reason to blame the West.  

 

According to the newspaper's information, Ukraine must have followed the American recommendation.