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Frontlines across Ukraine have seen heavy combat over the past two days, with more than 20 engagements occurring in areas in the Donetsk region – chiefly Lyman, Marinka and Bakhmut, according to the Ukrainian military.

Russia's lower house of parliament is working on a law to regulate the Wagner Group following the insurrection, an official said Sunday. Follow here for live updates.

Authorities in regions across central Russia have begun lifting security measures after an armed rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group ended with a deal to halt its advance toward Moscow.

The investigation into the criminal case involving Yevgeny Prigozhin and his alleged involvement in organizing an armed mutiny is still active, Russian state news agency TASS said Monday, citing a source close to the Prosecutor General's Office.

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin released new audio Monday explaining his decision to turn around his march on Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak later this evening, a Kremlin spokesperson said Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an address to the nation Monday night, said the "armed rebellion would have been suppressed anyway," a reference to the insurrection launched by the Wagner Group.

In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power appeared to be under serious threat, as thousands of Wagner fighters led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin closed in on the country’s capital.

Russian President Vladimir Putin "doesn't forgive traitors," said former CNN Moscow bureau chief, Jill Dougherty.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, led his forces in an insurrection Saturday and took control of a key military facility in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.