His name was on the manifest of a passenger plane that crashed in Russia. Just two months ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin was leading a column of his Wagner mercenaries toward Moscow in what the Kremlin called an insurrection.
Wagner mercenaries ostensibly seized control of Russian military facilities in the city of Rostov-on-Don Saturday morning and had nearly advanced to Moscow later that day when Prigozhin called off his march. The only reported incident of violence was a confrontation between Wagner forces and a Ru...
while Wagner's troops were in their camps. He did not specify the location of the camps, but Prigozhin's mercenaries fought alongside Russian forces in eastern Ukraine before
Mr Lukashenko, a close ally of Mr Putin, did not specify the location of the camps but Prigozhin's mercenaries fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine before their revolt. His comments follow Russian media reports claiming Prigozhin was spotted in St Petersburg. Ima...
But Prigozhin's brief revolt raised the ante.His mercenariesswept through the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and captured the military headquarters there without firing a shot. They then drove to within about 200 kilometers (125 miles) of Moscow and downe...
- Wagner mercenaries have been promised an amnesty if they lay down their weapons "but they should do it fast", the TASS news agency cites lawmaker Pavel Krasheninnikov as saying. - Russia's Foreign Ministry issues a statement warning Western countries against using the Wagner group's mutiny...
After the mutiny, the Kremlin said Prigozhin would be exiled in Belarus, and his fighters were offered three options: to follow him there, retire or enlist in Russia's regular army and return to Ukraine, where Wagner mercenaries had fought alongside Russian troops. ...
LONDON--While news that Russia’s Wagner mercenary chief was believed dead in a plane crash dominated world reports Thursday, along with speculation that it was linked to his June mutiny, Russian state media painted a very different picture.
The Belarusian president dismissed suggestions that the mercenaries could attack Ukraine from Belarusian territory, which Russian troops used as a staging ground ahead of theirinvasion of Ukrainein February 2022. During their revolt that lasted less than 24 hours, Prigozhin’s mercenari...
Mr Lukashenko, a close ally of Mr Putin, did not specify the location of the camps but Prigozhin's mercenaries fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine before their revolt. His comments follow Russian media reports claiming Prigozhin was spotted in St Petersburg. ...