Russia denies that the order to kill Prigozhin came from the Kremlin . The words of spokesman Dmitry Peskov are an "absolute lie ", as Putin signs a decree requiring paramilitary formations, such as Wagner, to swear an oath of loyalty to the state.

Meanwhile, Kiev is continuing its offensive in Crimea , where Moscow has claimed to have shot down 42 Ukrainian drones, and is announcing a ground operation. During the night, a Ukrainian assault drone directed at Moscow was rejected: the Russian Defense Ministry reported it according to Tass, adding that the UAV was shot down over the Istria district. «On August 26, at about 3 o'clock Moscow time, the attempted terrorist attack of the Kiev regime against facilities in Moscow and the Moscow region using an aircraft-type UAV was thwarted. The active Air Defense Forces destroyed the drone over the Istria District in the Moscow Region,” the ministry said.

Russia is now evaluating the " possibility of enlisting another 450,000 people ", says the head of the 007 Ukrainian military, Budanov. The Wagner cemetery in Russia, according to the Kiev media, would have been leveled and the crosses torn down.

(Unioneonline/vl)

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