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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Ryan Merrifield & David Kent

Vladimir Putin’s private army HQ 'blown up after online post gives away secret location'

Dozens of soldiers in Vladimir Putin's private army were reportedly blown up after the location of their HQ was accidentally revealed, it has been claimed.

The Wagner Group fighters are understood to have been targeted by a devastating rocket attack after photos were published online inadvertently pinpointing their base.

Oligarch and mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin - nicknamed 'Putin's chef' - was initially said to be among around 100 dead in the Ukrainian onslaught in which a US-supplied missile system was deployed.

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