Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

• Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military, has reportedly died in a plane crash.
• According to the Russian Civil Aviation Authority, Prigozhin was one of the 10 passengers aboard the plane that crashed north of Moscow yesterday. The plane from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed in the Tver Region killing all the passengers including three pilots. Dmitry Utkin, Wagner group commander and one of the founders of the group, was also killed in the crash as per reports.

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Published date : 25 Aug 2023 04:29PM