Ukraine is in a strong battlefield position against Russian forces but the exile of a rebel mercenary leader to neighbouring Belarus poses a fresh potential threat, Former chief of the UK general staff, Lord Richard Dannatt, has told Sky News.
While Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been "wounded" by the short-lived rebellion and his frontline troops are demoralised, Lord Dannatt said the Kyiv government should guard against a cross-border attack from Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group.
Lord Dannatt said: "Apparently he's left the stage to go to Belarus but is that the end of Prigozhin and the Wagner Group? The fact that he's gone to Belarus is I think a matter of some concern.