Russia: Wagner will no longer fight Ukraine

Prigozhin refused to sign the contract with the Russian Defense Ministry and therefore his Wagner group will no longer fight in Ukraine. This was announced by the chairman of the Defense Committee of the Duma, Kartapolov. Even before the mutiny, he said, the ministry had asked "all groups carrying out combat duties to sign a contract. Everyone started making this decision. Except Prigozhin" who was told Wagner would not fight again. in Ukraine.

The Kremlin calls the rumors picked up by the New York Times according to which General Surovikin knew of the imminent mutiny attempt by Wagner's head Yevgeny Prigozhin "speculation". This was stated by spokesman Dmitry Peskov quoted by Interfax.
Russian attack helicopters carried out successful airstrikes against two brigades from Ukraine."In the fighting in the Kupyansk area, the crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 fighters from Battlegroup West carried out 11 airstrikes over nine areas," said Battlegroup spokesman Sergey Zybinsky quoted in the TASS news agency.

Meanwhile, Russian forces have repulsed enemy attacks in the southern directions of Donetsk and Zaporozhye, destroying tanks, armored vehicles and men, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman told Sputnik. "In the southern direction of Donetsk, the advanced units of the Vostok group of forces repulsed an enemy attack in the Makarovka area. One tank, armored fighting vehicles and men were destroyed. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated" the spokesman said.

In the direction of Zaporozhye, another Ukrainian attack was repulsed and the enemy withdrew after suffering losses in terms of men and equipment, the spokesman added. In the South Donetsk direction, Russian forces liquidated more than 50 Ukrainian militants and seven armored vehicles, a Defense Ministry spokesman told Sputnik.