Ukraine updates: Wagner boss back in Russia, says Lukashenko

Ukraine news from July 6: President says the head of the mutinous mercenary force is not in Belarus, as believed, but back in Russia after armed rebellion.

Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of a Russian military blogger who was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe,
After the failed uprising by Yevgeny Prigozhin's private Wagner force against Russia's military leadership, one of the conditions for an amnesty was his departure for Belarus [File: Yulia Morozova/Reuters]
By Mersiha Gadzo, Edna Mohamed and Hamza Mohamed
Published On 6 Jul 2023

The live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for July 6: