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• A business jet linked to Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday after a mutiny that has dealt the biggest blow to President Vladimir Putin's authority since he came to power more than 23 years ago. READ MORE BELOW

• A U.N. monitoring mission in Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia has detained more than 800 civilians since the conflict began last February, of whom 77 were executed.

• Russia's FSB security service dropped its criminal case against the Wagner mercenary group over its short-lived armed mutiny at the weekend, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.

• Russia's mercenary Wagner group is preparing to hand over heavy military equipment to the country's defense ministry, RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying on Tuesday, following the end of a brief mutiny at the weekend by the mercenary fighters.

• Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Russian citizen on suspicion of state treason after he sought to travel to Ukraine to join its armed forces, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday.

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Jet linked to Prigozhin arrives in Belarus

A Russian-registered Embraer Legacy 600 jet, which is linked to Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in U.S. sanctions documents, flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday, a flight tracker said.

Under a deal mediated by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday that abruptly halted a mutiny by Wagner Group fighters, Prigozhin - founder of the mercenary force - is meant to move to Belarus.

Flightradar24 showed the business jet flew to Belarus early on Tuesday. The Embraer Legacy 600 left Rostov region at 0232 GMT and began a descent at 0420 GMT near Minsk. It was not clear if it had actually landed.

The identification codes of the aircraft match those of a jet linked by the United States to Autolex Transport which is linked to Prigozhin by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Flighradar24 did not show where the flight originated but showed the jet flying over Russia's southern Rostov region.

Prigozhin said during Saturday's mutiny that his men had taken control of the city of Rostov, the main rear logistical hub for Russia's military operations in nearby Ukraine.

Prigozhin, 62, was last seen leaving the district military headquarters in Rostov. Since then his whereabout have been unknown.

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