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Russia's 'disposable soldiers' fighting for Bakhmut
Russia's 'disposable soldiers' fighting for Bakhmut
by  AFP

With Russian artillery exploding around him, a Ukrainian soldier takes shelter in a tunnel and recounts the scene at the front line in Bakhmut, just a kilometre away. Ukrainian officials say Prigozhin has been sending thousands of soldiers recruited in Russian prisons to the front line, with the promise of a salary and an amnesty.

Tens of thousands attend funeral of killed Pakistani journalist
Tens of thousands attend funeral of killed Pakistani journalist
by  AFP

Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral Thursday of a Pakistani journalist shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in his home country. The funeral at Islamabad's main mosque drew up to 40,000 mourners, according to police at the scene, with people spilling into the gardens and surrounding streets.

'No trust': Clandestine world of Ukraine prisoner swaps
'No trust': Clandestine world of Ukraine prisoner swaps
by  AFP

The five captured Russian soldiers stumbled out of the Ukrainian van with their heads covered in black balaclavas. - 'Anything can go wrong' - World headlines occasionally light up with news of mammoth Russian-Ukrainian exchanges that often involve high-value captives.

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