Aug 24 WATCH: U.S. intelligence is investigating what brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane By Emma Burrows, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said press reports that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane were inaccurate. He declined to say whether the U.S. suspected a bomb. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 9:46 How the suspected death of Prigozhin could impact Russia’s stability By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Russia's aviation agency says Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, was on board a plane that crashed near Moscow. The crash comes two months after Prigozhin's attempted coup against the Kremlin. Amna Nawaz discussed the development with… Continue watching
Aug 23 Top Russian general linked to Prigozhin dismissed, state media reports By Associated Press Russian media reports that Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Moscow's forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force. Continue reading
Aug 23 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. Continue reading
Jul 14 Putin reveals he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit after uprising By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says he offered mercenaries from the Wagner private military company the chance to keep serving as a single unit under the same commander. The comments come amid new cracks appearing in the Russian military as the… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 2:49 News Wrap: Biden meets with King Charles ahead of NATO summit In our news wrap Monday, President Biden met with King Charles at Windsor Castle ahead of the NATO summit in Lithuania, officials blamed a Russian-guided bomb for killing seven people in who gathered to receive humanitarian aid in southern Ukraine,… Continue watching
Jul 10 Putin hosted mercenary chief Prigozhin soon after his short-lived rebellion By Associated Press The announcement Monday was the latest twist in a baffling episode that has raised questions about the power and influence held by both men. Continue reading
Jul 06 Wagner chief Priogozhin in Russia after mutiny, raising questions about Kremlin strategy By Anna Frants, Associated Press The president of Belarus says the mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps. Continue reading
Jul 01 Satellite photos appear to show Belarus building military camp for Wagner mercenaries By Associated Press Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus, with statements from a Belarusian guerrilla group and officials suggesting it may be used to house fighters from the Wagner mercenary… Continue reading
Jun 30 A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details still shrouded in mystery By Associated Press A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin's rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. Continue reading