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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead
Does Wagner even practically exist anymore? I thought they’d been integrated into the wider Russian military after the rebellion.
Not sure - they are/were mercenaries, after all.
Here is a Twitter link to what is supposedly his plane falling out of the sky:
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1694397010680361239/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1694397010680361239¤tTweetUser=maxseddonEDIT the old video/tweet was removed, apparently.
See this link to the Washington Post for the Video:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/plane-allegedly-carrying-wagners-prigozhin-crashes/2023/08/23/dfa2360c-8779-40e7-820a-be3e45d0feda_video.html