Wagner boss

  • Wagner mercenary group ‘increasingly fragmented’ since death of leaders

    The Wagner mercenary group has become “increasingly fragmented” in the year since its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and founder Dmitry Utkin were killed in a plane crash, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. “In comparison to its peak personnel count of around 50,000 in 2023, Wagner now highly likely maintains around 5,000 total personnel…

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  • Prigozhin’s body taken to medical examiner’s office as Kremlin remains silent There has been no comment from the Kremlin or the Russian Ministry of Defense. LONDON – The bodies of those killed in the plane crash near Kuzhenkino, Russia, including Yevgeny Prigozhin and the commander of the Wagner PMC Dmitry Utkin, have been moved to the…

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  • It’s now six weeks since Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin led a mutiny of his mercenaries against the Kremlin – only to call it off barely 24 hours later. He was supposedly exiled to Belarus, but as we’ve seen in recent weeks, he’s been back into Russia since then. CNN has interviewed Russia’s ambassador to the…

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