A portrait of the late proprietor of personal army firm Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin sits at a casual memorial subsequent to the previous the group’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24.

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A portrait of the late proprietor of personal army firm Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin sits at a casual memorial subsequent to the previous the group’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24.

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Here’s a glance forward and a roundup of key developments from the previous week.

What to look at

With the dying of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, questions stay about what will happen to the Russian mercenaries who’ve performed key roles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and operations elsewhere, together with in Syria and African countries.

On Monday, Ukraine’s army stated its troops retook the southeastern settlement of Robotyne. Analysts will probably be looking forward to additional indicators of Ukrainian advances within the area.

On Tuesday, Ukraine marks Memorial Day for these killed defending the nation.

This week, members of a United Nations fee are resulting from visit Ukraine as part of their investigation into studies of violations of human rights and worldwide regulation.

What occurred final week

A plane carrying Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in Russia final Wednesday, killing all 10 folks on board, two months after Prigozhin led his mercenary firm in an tried mutiny in Russia. Russian investigators said genetic tests confirmed the victims’ identities matched the flight manifest, which included Prigozhin and different senior Wagner officers. The investigators didn’t point out a potential explanation for the airplane crash. The Kremlin has denied hypothesis it had any involvement, as has the Ukrainian government.

The Ukraine struggle turned a sticking level in a U.S. debate of candidates searching for the Republican presidential nomination final Wednesday. Ron DeSantis, polling in second place, known as on Europe to “pull their weight,” and Vivek Ramaswamy slammed U.S. help for Ukraine as “disastrous.” But candidates Nikki Haley and Chris Christie argued the U.S. ought to proceed to face up towards Russia. The front-runner for the celebration’s nomination, former President Donald Trump, didn’t attend the talk.

Leaders of the BRICS international locations gathered in South Africa — minus Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his video message delivered (apparently with a unique, lower voice) to the summit final Tuesday, he defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, whilst China and different international locations pushed a peace plan.

Ukraine celebrated Independence Day final Thursday for the second time throughout Russia’s invasion, which reached the 18-month mark that day. Kyiv once more put remnants of wrecked Russian army automobiles and gear on public show. Also Thursday, the U.N. Security Council met to debate Ukraine, during which Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said U.N. staff had documented the deaths of 9,444 civilians, together with 545 youngsters, however that the actual figures are doubtless a lot larger.

A Moscow court docket prolonged Evan Gershkovich’s pretrial detention by three months final Thursday. The American journalist later appealed the extension. The U.S. authorities says he was wrongfully detained by Russia.

Ukraine launched a missile towards Moscow and attacked Crimea with drones final Friday, in response to Russia, which stated Russian air defenses downed all of them. Reuters stated the operations might have amounted to a few of the largest coordinated Ukrainian air assaults towards Russian-held territory thus far. Russia additionally continued to fireplace missiles at Ukraine. On the battlefield, Ukraine’s army reported gaining some territory in the Zaporizhzhia area.

In-depth

An opening for diplomacy? Prigozhin death leaves Russian mercenaries without leader

Russia expert says it would make sense that Putin was behind the death of Prigozhin

What we know — and don’t — about the Russian crash that possibly killed Prigozhin

Love, war and loss: How one soldier in Ukraine hopes to be made whole again

Why a weak ruble is good for Russia’s budget but not Putin’s image

The GOP candidates’ differing takes on the war in Ukraine

NATO-trained Ukrainian troops contribute to offensive to push out Russian forces

A Ukrainian rescue worker’s memories are on pause as he evacuates people

Special report

Russia’s struggle in Ukraine is altering the world: See our report on its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.

Earlier developments

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