The Latest Breaking News from Yevgeny Prigozhin

As the war enters its 548th day, these are the main developments.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, is presumed dead. Russia’s Air Transport Agency has said he was on the passenger manifest of 10 people on board a private jet that came down in a fiery crash close to Moscow, killing everyone on board, while a Telegram channel associated…

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On Aug. 23, Russian media reported that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, was listed among the passengers of a plane that crashed, leaving no survivors. Speculation has already begun about Putin’s potential involvement in the crash. This speculation is likely to continue unabated well into the future.

The head of a Russian mercenary group who launched a rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership in June is presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash

Here is a translation of Putin’s comments after he broke his silence over the crash.

Russian leader says Yevgeny Prigozhin made ‘serious mistakes in his life’ in first comments about the crash that left no survivors

Putin says Prigozhin was a ‘talented’ person who made ‘serious mistakes’ but achieved the right results.