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Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Russian private army Wagner, appeals to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a letter. Let Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov take over the fighting in Bakhmut.

This is reported by TT.

Kadyrov, who has been called “Putin’s attack dog”, says that his Achmat Battalion is ready to move towards Bachmut, according to AFP.

– The soldiers are ready, we are just waiting for orders, writes Kadyrov on Telegram.

The sneaker store Merch Sweden was supposed to open in Västerås today, but it didn’t turn out as they themselves had planned.

Days before, videos of the opening had spread on Tiktok and received millions of views. On Saturday, so many people came that the shop had to close before it could even open, writes VLT.

– This didn’t turn out well for anyone, and even though it’s not our fault that it turned out like this, we obviously can’t control how many people come, so I feel sorry for those who made it here, says store manager Fredrik Rinaldo to the newspaper.

There had also been barricades set up by guards to organize the queues.

There is a fire at a recycling center at Järfälla, north of Stockholm.

– It’s in a big pile of leaves and you won’t put it out so there will be smoke, says Alexander Westerberg, management operator at the rescue service Mitt.

According to the fire service, the fire is under control.

– You will smell smoke in the area, but there are staff on site.

An 85-year-old man has died after a fishing trip in Umeå municipality, writes The Västerbottens-Kuriren.

– Relatives found the man in the water. We suspect that he went through the ice, says Fredrik Nilsson, officer on duty at the police to the newspaper.

Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén sees exercise Aurora 23 as proof that Swedish defense must be strengthened, reports Swedens radio.

– We need to continue on the approved path. To build additional volumes and power, says Bydén to the radio.

He points to the supporting units as areas for improvement. Such as logistics, management and communication skills.

Two young men stopped a car driver at Örby in southern Stockholm and said that their friend had passed out.

The driver stopped to help the friend, a girl, who was lying on the grass. But it turned out not to be true and the younger men then struck.

“They take, among other things, a necklace and a bag. All three – the two young men and the young woman/girl – then run from the scene,” the police write on their website.

A preliminary investigation into grand theft has been launched.

The driver should not have been physically injured.

The police have searched for the perpetrators but no one has been arrested.

During Saturday evening, a cyclist was hit by a tram in Gothenburg, reports GP.

Tram traffic was stopped in connection with the incident.

A forest fire with open flames has broken out outside Charlottenberg.

A major effort from the rescue service is underway and reinforcements from Norway are in place, reports P4 Värmland.

Helicopters and drones will investigate how big the fire is.

The fire front should extend approximately 500 meters, writes NWT.

– The fire moves very quickly in dense spruce vegetation on a slope. It is very dry in the ground, says an alarm operator to the newspaper.

No buildings are currently under threat.

At 20:00 the radio stated that the fire was under control.

Several chained benches have been stolen from Folkets Park in Malmö, writes Sydsvenskan.

According to the newspaper, it concerns a long row of the park’s benches that are now gone, especially those that stood along the pond.

The benches should cost SEK 15-16,000 each and it is about sixteen benches that have been stolen. In other words

– This cannot be a temporary thief. Someone must have deliberately gone here to do this, says Liliana Ravanshad, area manager in Folkets Park to the newspaper.

Hundreds of teachers gathered in Stockholm on Saturday to protest against school cuts, reports say Swedens radio.

The Swedish Teachers’ Union was behind the demonstration and they write in a debate article in Aftonbladet that they demand 12 billion kroner in immediate investment in the school sector.

– We have 103 schools that go with a calculated deficit and everyone has to change their costume. And then it’s the teachers and school staff that get pulled down, says David Gustafsson, chairman of Sweden’s Teachers Stockholm to the radio.

Yesterday, three people, two men in their 20s and a person in their 15s, were arrested in a vehicle on Huddingevägen south of Stockholm.

Then the police said that they had found several firearms in the car and all the people were arrested on suspicion of serious weapons offences.

Now the Stockholm police announce that all have been released.

– There were dummies and soft air guns, says Carina Skagerlind, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region.

There is a fire in a forest on Hisingen in Gothenburg, reports GP.

The emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 4 p.m., when the fire was 50 by 100 meters.

SD leader Jimmie Åkesson gave his traditional spring speech at Långholmen in Stockholm on Saturday.

If the Tidö agreement is not followed to the last letter, “the foundation for the government ceases to exist,” he says, TT reports.

– The Tidö agreement is a basis from which we, together with the government, intend to act to build Sweden strong again. It is an agreement that must be followed, down to the last letter in the parts that are concrete. And if it doesn’t, it ceases to be an agreement. It just makes perfect sense. Then the basis for the government sitting where it sits ends, says Åkesson and continues:

– One thing we must be clear about, the Sweden Democrats will fight for every millimeter.