After the Pentagon said yesterday that the Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was 'likely' killed in a plane crash, officials at the UK defence ministry have echoed that assessment.
Wagner Group 'no longer a significant factor' in Ukraine warSpokesman Pat Ryder told reporters at a news briefing that Wagner mercenary fighters led by Yevgeny Prigozhin were"essentially removed from combat" near the eastern city of Bakhmut after their short-lived mutiny in June.
"You are facing a serious choice now - you can stand in a stall of Russia's defence ministry and serve as watchdogs for executors of your commanders or take revenge," Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said in a video published late yesterday.Kapustin, a far-right Russian national, founded the armed group a year ago. It fights on the Ukrainian side and has said it was behind several military attacks on Russian border regions.
Many multinational companies flocked to leave Russia after the West imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow, but the Kremlin has retaliated by seizing some assets. In its daily update, the Institute for the Study of War said the loss of the group's central leadership in the crash means the group is unlikely to survive the Russian defence ministry's campaign to destroy the organisation after Prigozhin led its fighters in a rebellion against Moscow at the end of June.
It marks one of the biggest known coordinated Ukrainian air attacks to date on Russian-held territory. Meanwhile, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the port city of Sevastopol in Crimea, said on the Telegram messaging app that a number of drones were destroyed in the area. The statement added:"The demise of Prigozhin would almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the Wagner Group.
Overnight, Russia's defence ministry said it destroyed 42 Ukraine-launched drones over Crimea. It also said Ukraine tried to attack civilian targets on its territory with a modified S-200 missile.Vladimir Putin sent condolences to Prigozhin's family, saying he was a"talented businessman"; Norway is expected to become the third European country after the Netherlands and Denmark to donate F-16 planes.By Diana Magnay, Moscow correspondent
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