Ukraine war news latest — Wagner Group founder issues threat to Zelensky as UK slams Putin’s ‘inexperienced’ troops

THE WAGNER Group founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has sent a direct threat to Volodymyr Zelensky as he wants to “meet in the skies”. The leader of the barbaric mercenary group has challenged the Ukrainian president to an aerial duel today. In a video clip from inside a military aircraft cockpit Yevgeny said: “Volodymyr Oleksandrovych [Zelensky], we have landed. “We have bombed Bakhmut. Tomorrow (today), I will fly a MiG-29. If you so desire, let’s meet in the skies. If you win, you take Artyomovsk [Bakhmut]. If not, we advance till [the River] Dnipro.” It comes as the UK’s Ministry of Defence claimed Putin’s “inexperienced units” are unlikely to “substantially affect the outcome of the war within the coming weeks”. Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest news…