Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group that started a short-lived mutiny against the Russian government two months ago, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash. What do you think?
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments Thursday on the plane crash believed to have killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, saying he was “a man of difficult fate.”
Here are some key facts about Surovikin who was nicknamed "General Armageddon" by the Russian media for his reputed ruthlessness and also praised for his leadership. Surovikin was promoted from leading Russian forces in southern Ukraine to overall command of the Ukraine campaign on Oct. 8, 2022 - the first person to be publicly named in that role. Russia had just been routed in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
Recent posts on a Russian social media reaffirms what Russian nationalist supporters of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine have long been complaining: that Russia’s government is simply awful at fostering innovation and procuring new small drones to the point that it’s more hindrance than help.