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Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed, Russian agency says

By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press

Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency.

Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key missile defense system in Crimea

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Later Wednesday, the Ukrainian intelligence agency claimed it had destroyed a key Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system in occupied Crimea.

Putin remotely attends BRICS summit in South Africa while facing war crimes warrant

By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

Russia, India, China and South Africa is holding its first in-person meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Putin's travel to Johannesburg was complicated by an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over the abduction of children from Ukraine.

Russia's lunar mission failure raises questions about state of space program

By Associated Press

“The priceless experience that our predecessors earned in the 1960-70s was effectively lost,” Borisov said. “The link between generations has been cut.”…

Ukraine media say Kyiv saboteurs responsible for drone strikes on Russian air bases

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Ukrainska Pravda and Ukraine’s NV news outlet said groups of saboteurs were behind the audacious strikes, which suggest that Ukraine's scope of action is broadening.

Greek PM Mitsotakis pledges to continue support for Ukraine during Zelenskyy meeting

By Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes during talks in Athens with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Scuttled grain deal, extreme weather to blame for rice shortages, higher food prices in Africa

By Aniruddha Ghosal, Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press

Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.

Russia's first lunar mission in decades ends with spacecraft crash on the moon

By Associated Press

Roscosmos said it lost contact with the Luna-25 on Saturday after the spacecraft ran into difficulties and reported an “abnormal situation.” The Luna-25 was in a race with an Indian spacecraft to be the first to reach the moon's south…

Russia, China to advocate for their agendas among developing nations at BRICS summit

By Gerald Imray, Associated Press

Leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will hold three days of meetings in Johannesburg.

Neighbors Ukraine and Romania sign accord to boost grain exports through Romanian territory

By Associated Press

The accord was signed during a trip by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the Romanian capital, Bucharest, for talks with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu.