Russia

The BBC reports that new mass graves containing bodies of the Wagner Group's mercenary army have been discovered in several parts of Russia. The British broadcaster says it knows seven such cemeteries, totalling at least 995 bodies. Many of them would have been convicts who chose to fight in Ukraine in exchange for a reduced sentence. Locals this month discovered two previously unnamed mass graves in Novosibirsk and near Irkutsk, according to the BBC's Russian-language edition. Previously, victims were buried near where their relatives live, but this would now often happen in other regions without informing the family. As a result, relatives are trying to locate the body of their deceased relative to rebury them at home, according to the BBC. The Wagner Group, which maintains...

A fire at a construction workers' residence in the port city of Sevastopol, on Russia's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, left eight dead and two injured on Thursday. The bodies of the men, who came from different regions of Russia, were discovered after the fire was extinguished, Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said. The two injured had to be hospitalized. According to previous reports, five people had been killed. According to the initial findings, a short circuit in an electrical component would cause the fire. According to the Russian Civil Defense, more than 100 people were housed in the construction workers' living quarters. They are building the remains of the 250 km long Tavrida highway, which connects Sevastopol with the Crimean capital Simferopol and the port city...