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Added on the 23/08/2023 19:19:31 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Photographs show the wreckage of a plane in Russia which is presumed to have been carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group which in June attempted to topple Moscow's military leadership. IMAGES
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
Police and media are seen near the area where a plane crashed in Russia's Tver region, almost 350 km from Moscow. According to Russian officials, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, was aboard the plane, and died in the crash together with nine other people. IMAGES
Images show people cheering the fighters of the mercenary group Wagner as they withdraw from the south-western Russian city of Rostov-on-Don where they occupied a key military base. The pull out takes place after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner group, called off his troops' advance toward Moscow, pulling Russia back from its most serious security crisis in decades. IMAGES
Four people have died in a tourist plane crash about 40 kilometres northeast of Paris. The Robin DR400 aircraft that had taken off from Beauvais, northwest of the capital, has been found in a field near Saint-Pathus, and an investigation has begun to determine the cause of the accident. IMAGES
Families of passengers of an Iranian plane that crashed into the country's Zagros mountains were anxiously waiting for more information on their loved ones in Tehran on Sunday. All 66 people on board are feared dead, with emergency services struggling to locate the wreckage in blizzard conditions