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Wagner mercenary group leader, Prigozhin feared killed in plane crash

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The man who led a failed mutiny against the Russian Army in June, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been reportedly killed alongside nine others in a plane that crashed in Russia on Wednesday. BBC reports that Prigozhin, who is also the leader of the mercenary group, Wagner, was believed to be on board the plane. The jet […]

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We didn’t plan to overthrow Putin ―Wagner boss Prigozhin makes his first comments since attempted coup

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Wagner mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin has made comments since the one-day mutiny by his Wagner force, saying it was not intended to overthrow Russia’s government but to register a protest over what he said was its ineffectual conduct of the war in Ukraine. In his first public statement since ending the mutiny on Saturday night, […]

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