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The circumstances surrounding Gen. Sergei Surovikin’s status are still very murky. U.S. officials cautioned that the intelligence reports were not conclusive and could not provide further details.

With Russia a pariah in the West since its invasion of Ukraine, this usually prestigious event is underway with far fewer international participants.

Centuries of overgrazing and deforestation have eliminated most native flora in Ireland, creating what ecologists see as a man-made desert in places. A growing “rewilding” push aims to change that.

An upcoming study links smoke pollution across the United States to individual wildfires and could help predict which fires will be most harmful to public health.

More than 40 people were wounded in the strike, which hit a popular restaurant in Kramatorsk’s city center at dinnertime.

The Russian authorities said that Wagner members would face no criminal charges for the mutiny and would hand over equipment, but the fate of the group’s thousands of fighters was unclear.

Russian investigators dropped an investigation into the mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group. It’s unclear where Mr. Prigozhin is days after the insurrection.

Days after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived rebellion, Russia said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had visited forces involved in fighting in Ukraine.

The mercenary group had seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the center of Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine, posing a grave threat to President Vladimir Putin’s government.

Russia sent armored vehicles into the streets of Moscow and a city near Ukraine. Russia’s main security agency urged Wagner mercenaries to detain their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, after he accused Russian forces of attacking them.