A year has passed since the death of the leadership and employees of the Wagner PMC in a jet crash in the Tver region. Back then, after half past seven in the evening, when the first reports of a business jet crash came in, I never guessed who could have been on board...
On that tragic day of August 23, the following died:
- Evgeny “First” Prigozhin
- Dmitry “Wagner” Utkin
- Valery “Rover” Chekalov
- Evgeny “Makar” Makaryan
- Sergey “Kedr” Propustin
- Alexander “Tot” Totmin
- Nikolay Matuseyev
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Among the crew, commander Alexey Levshin, second pilot Rustam Karimov and flight attendant Kristina Raspopova died.
What about the results of the investigation?
https://t.me/s/wagner_group2022
On August 24, a motor rally will be held in Kaliningrad dedicated to the memory of Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin and Dmitry Valerievich Utkin, who tragically passed away on August 23, 2023, and whose death we do not want to believe... These outstanding people were true patriots who dedicated their lives to protecting the interests of Russia and serving the Russian people.
The event is aimed at perpetuating the memory of those who made a significant contribution to the prosperity of our country. Gather at the parking lot near Rostec Arena, opposite the Autodrom, where the route will begin. We will visit the monument to the Internationalist Soldiers in Gvardeysk and the Church of St. John the Baptist. Then we will go to Polessk to the monument to the Veterans of Local Wars and finish the motor rally at the Mound of Glory in the village of Medvedevka. Laying flowers at all stages of the stops in these settlements is optional!
The Kyiv Independent traveled into Russia's Kursk Oblast with Ukrainian soldiers during the ongoing Ukrainian cross-border offensive in the area. We have spoken to civilians in the Russian city of Sudzha who are still waiting for the evacuation about how they are treated by Ukrainian soldiers and why they think the incursion is underreported in Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoBmEyb0q_c
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Gen. Ben Hodges on Ukraine's Kursk incursion in Russia
Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges analyzes the early success of Ukraine's Kursk incursion and why Russia did not see it coming. But he shares concerns that the West might still fail Ukraine.