Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of the bodies from Wednesday's plane crash, Russian officials said Sunday.
Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of the bodies from Wednesday's plane crash, Russian officials said Sunday.
or similar act of sabotage brought down the business jet. not a service to eric mistral as originally that there is a russian president putin sent his condolences to prigozhin s family explaining that he d known him since early 1990s by the russian leader added the former mercenary general made serious mistakes in his life but got results when aske aspirate n did not directly direct prigozhin coup attempt. there are questions today what will happen to the thousands of mercenary fighters in belarus and whether or not russia will use them in their ongoing invasion of ukraine. arthel: trey yingst thank you and our bureau. we are back, eric and i at 4:00 p.m. eastern before that they ll make sure you catch a re- air of the first republic and debate that is happening at 2:00 p.m. right here on the fox news channel. and before that mike emmanuel is up after the break. so don t go anywhere.
it s long, high-casualty producing and very, very difficult. reporter: and tonight, news of a bitter blow for the ukrainian air force three pilots killed in a training exercise, worsening the shortage of skilled pilots needed for dozens of american-made f-16 fighter jets promised to ukraine. and in russia, president putin ordering wagner mercenary fighters to swear allegiance to the russian state after that private jet belonging to wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin disintegrated midair. rachel? rachel: tom, thank you. back here at home, reflection and emotion in the nation s capital. as the march on washington turns 60. young and old and people from all different backgrounds among the thousands gathering on the national mall today. alongside them, ambassador andrew young, one of the organizers of the original march and a close adviser of mlk jr.