Foreign media reports that Prigoshin, the head of the Wagner mercenary force, was killed in an airstrike in Russian airspace. According to the media, 09 other people on the plane also lost their lives in the plane crash.
It is reported that the jet that the Russian Air Defense Forces shot down in the northern part of Moscow was carrying the Wagner chartered military leader.
Wagner’s mercenaries, who fought on behalf of Russia against Ukraine, led an unsuccessful rebellion against the Russian armed forces last June. After the failure of the rebellion, the force retreated to the state of Belarus.