The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

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

Two months after challenging Vladimir Putin’s leadership in an apparent but abortive “mutiny”, Yevgeny Prigozhin – the former owner of the mercenary private military company Wagner Group – has joined a long list of prominent Russians to die in mysterious circumstances.

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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Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group fielded some of Russia’s best fighting forces in Ukraine, but a rebellion against the military this year led to his exile in Belarus.