Wagner is reportedly building a tent city to house 1,000 mercenaries around 15 miles from the Ukrainian border. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin is to equip his national guard with heavy weaponry to strengthen the security of his regime, the UK MoD has said.
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Putin says he’s not against negotiations for peace in Ukraine. Analysts say that, despite setbacks in the more than 17 months since he launched Russia’s large-scale invasion, he is still bent on “destroying and subordinating” that country and determined to “redraw the world map.”