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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Sophie Wingate

‘Highly likely’ Wagner chief Prigozhin is dead, says MoD

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It is “highly likely” that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group who challenged the Kremlin in a failed mutiny is dead, the UK Government has said.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) cautioned that there is “not yet definitive proof” that Yevgeny Prigozhin was onboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, but concluded his presumed demise is credible.

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