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Half ago, lev love came out and said, ridiculed the western press and said, the americans are being hysterical. we're not going to invade. we know what happened. this is the kind of lies that they tell. >> it's been 18 months since russia invaded ukraine. they still don't even call it a war. >> they don't call it a war. a special military operation. you can go to jail in russia for calling it a war. you're exactly right. >> you did mention how loyal prigozhin's followers are. we've seen these memorials where people were coming and laying flowers. we've seen people crying. even though the kreml...

Mourners are gathering in ireland for the funeral of the singer sinead o'connor, who died last month aged 56. it's taking place in bray near dublin. here's sarah girvin with just some of the tributes being paid today. what are we expecting today? i can see a lot of people gathering behind you, a lot of people have been laying flowers. you, a lot of people have been laying fumes— you, a lot of people have been la in: flowers. , . . , laying flowers. they have, and they 'ust kee laying flowers. they have, and they just keep coming- _ laying flowers. they have, and they just keep coming. it's _...

Mercenary group working to the kremlin�*s agenda. it has been operating across the middle east and africa, including syria, libya and mali, allowing putin to project power without being directly involved. but it is in the last year in ukraine that it has really come to the fore. as putin's plans for a quick victory faded, prigozhin�*s forces undertook some of the heaviest fighting. some of them came from prisons. here is prigozhin recruiting them in return for an early release. laying flowers on the graves of those who died helped him cultivate an image in russia as a nationalist hero, one...

It is in the last year in ukraine that it has really come to the fore. as putin's plans for a quick victory faded, prigozhin's forces undertook some of the heaviest fighting. some of them came from prisons. here is prigozhin recruiting them in return for an early release. laying flowers on the graves of those who died helped him cultivate an image in russia as a nationalist hero, one who would fight harder in ukraine. but battles like ken buck moot led to growing tension between prigozhin and the regular russian military leadership —— bakhmut. he regularly said that his own men were being ...

Escalation of infighting between the leaders of russia's army and its wagner mercenary force. to explain more on who the wagner group is and their leader, here's our analysis editor ros atkins. the wagner group has fought in some of the wars's visits battles including bakhmut and it's lost many men. this is yevgeny prigozhin laying flowers at his fighter�*s graves earlier this year. the us estimates that around 10,000 wagner fighters have died estimates that around 10,000 wagnerfighters have died in ukraine since december and the majority of those men were russian convicts. here is yevgeny p...