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Here’s a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.

Eyes are on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenary group one week after an attempted mutiny against the Defense Ministry. Plenty of questions remain. Among them: Where is Prigozhin now? Will Wagner fighters join the Russian military or move to Belarus? Will the group stop recruiting?

Family and friends of American reporter Evan Gershkovich are anxious for news of how he’s holding up in Russian jail after the U.S. ambassador to Russia 

 to him on Monday following weeks of requests.

On Thursday, Turkey and Sweden are expected to hold talks in Brussels on the Swedish bid to join NATO.

On Friday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is due to give a preview of next week’s summit of the alliance in Lithuania.

 and NATO expansion are also expected in Brussels.

 restore calm and control after the rebellion

 by Wagner mercenary fighters he has relied on for conflicts in Ukraine and other countries. In a speech, 

 the military and security services, saying “you have stopped a civil war.” Putin said some Russian pilots were killed. He did not mention the name of Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had launched the armed march.

 as concerns festered over Russia’s political and economic stability.

 in the mutiny attempt in Russia. CIA Director William Burns also spoke with his Russian counterpart

to assure him the U.S. had no part in the events, 

Russia’s infamous online troll factory shut down

, one of several media assets belonging to Prigozhin 

 following his mutiny attempt. Online trolls at his Internet Research Agency were accused of 

, days after the Wagner uprising set off widespread speculation about loyalty and schisms within Moscow’s leadership.

Ukrainian prosecutors charged three people for allegedly deporting orphans from Kherson.

 and two suspected Ukrainian collaborators, follow the launch of a broader 

 into Russia's removal of Ukrainian children.

, killing at least 11 people, including three children, and injuring more than 50 people, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukraine liberated about 10 square miles in the south and 3.5 square miles in the east

 from Russian forces over the past week, the Ukrainian 

Wagner uprising’s fallout “will play out for some time”

 after the Wagner Group uprising, vows to uphold deal

One key person in ending the uprising in Russia

how Putin is handling the divisions among Russia’s national security apparatus

Russia’s war in Ukraine is changing the world: 

See our report on its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.

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Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Week in Russia-Ukraine: Wagner mutiny rattles Moscow, as counteroffensive creeps along

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