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Images show Russian law enforcement blocking access to a road leading to the site of a plane crash which is thought to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. According to preliminary information, all 10 people on board died, including three crew members, Russian authorities said. Russia's aviation agency later said the Wagner chief was on board the plane. IMAGES
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show tanks, armoured vehicles and Wagner fighters on the streets and around the headquarters of the Southern Military District. IMAGES
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show armoured vehicles and Wagner soldiers lining the streets as residents walk around them or watch on in groups. In an earlier televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the city as Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to oust the Russian military's top brass. IMAGES
Russian police stand outside the front entrance to the Wagner mercenary group's St Petersburg offices, with a large police van also visible. Wagner's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to overthrow Russia's military leadership and claimed control of a key military headquarters in the south of the country. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses some Arab leaders of ignoring the horrors of Russia's invasion of his country during a speech at an Arab League summit in Jeddah. SOUNDBITE
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