The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose death was announced by Russia following a plane crash near Moscow, was a Kremlin confidant catapulted to infamy by Russia's offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's capital.

Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly been killed in a plane crash two months after staging a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leaders.

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Wagner chief’s close aide Dmitry Utkin – also feared dead in Wednesday’s plane crash – remarks that ‘death is not the end, just the beginning of something else’ in same video

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as a talented businessman on Thursday and said he wished to express sincere condolences to the families of those who died in a plane crash a day earlier. Putin's words came as Zelensky marked his country's independence day with an address…

US refuses to say whether bomb suspected cause of ‘assassination’ as masked Russian mercenaries vow to avenge reported death

As the war enters its 547th day, these are the main developments.

Allies of Wagner boss accuse Russian defence ministry of assassinating him; flight data shows plane dropped suddenly

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