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AP News: Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board.
Meduza analyzes the early evidence about what downed Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane and apparently killed Russia’s most notorious mercenary leader.
The Guardian: Among those presumed dead alongside Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash near Moscow was Dmitry Utkin, who was often described as the founder or co-founder of the mercenary group although his exact role was disputed.
ISW: The Russian Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin have been destroying the Wagner private military company and weakening Prigozhin’s authority since the rebellion – and the assassination of Wagner’s top leadership was likely the final step to eliminate Wagner as an independent organization.
Reuters: Ukraine's intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said recent attacks on Russian airfields had destroyed two TU-22 bombers and damaged two more bombers.
AFP: At least seven people were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Dnipro city that damaged residential buildings and water and gas pipes, the local governor said Thursday.
Reuters: Major emerging market nations are preparing to invite Saudi Arabia to join BRICS, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the talks.
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The Guardian: A Russian military helicopter has landed in Ukraine, reportedly after the pilot was convinced to defect in a six-month intelligence operation.
AP News: Belarusian authorities Wednesday declared the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights group an extremist organization.
Ukrainska Pravda: In an address to the participants of the third Crimean Platform summit on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new sanctions against Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: Lithuania will deliver the previously pledged NASAMS launchers to Ukraine in September, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said during his visit to Kyiv on Aug. 23.
Defense News: Eight months after Sweden’s announcement to send Combat Vehicles 90 to Ukraine, Stockholm has taken the partnership up a notch, looking to strengthen cooperation with Kyiv around the production and servicing of the rides.
The Moscow Times: Russians have faced increasing disruptions to their summer travel plans as near-daily drone attacks on Moscow have prompted airports in the surrounding area to introduce temporary closures and flight restrictions.
Reuters: Russian authorities are working on a draft presidential decree to give the country's retail investors a way to unblock their frozen assets held in overseas accounts and sell them to foreign parties, the central bank said on Wednesday.
Newsweek: More than a fifth of Russia's known manned aircraft and helicopter losses in the 18 months since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine have not been due to enemy action, data compiled by Newsweek has revealed.
AFP: Ukraine said Wednesday it destroyed a Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system on the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Reuters: Four educational workers were killed and four other people were hurt in a Russian attack on a school in the city of Romny in northeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
Newsweek: The unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that Putin uses body doubles resurfaced on Tuesday after a video appeared to show the Russian president forgetting on which wrist he wears his watch.
Reuters: A Russian drone attack on the Danube River port of Izmail in southern Ukraine on Wednesday destroyed 13,000 tons of grain, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said.
Reuters: Insurance companies have notified charterers of ships operating in Russia's Black Sea ports of an increase in additional payments known as "war risk premiums", four traders said.
Reuters: At least $1.2 billion worth of aircraft parts flowed to Russian airlines from May last year - when most U.S. and European trade curbs and export bans over Ukraine were in force - to the end of June this year, a Reuters analysis of the customs records shows.
worth mentioning
Putin foes who, like Prigozhin, have suffered mysterious fates
Putin has strange deep voice in address to BRICS summit
Russia Relaxes Limits on Dividend Payments to Foreigners
Russian Deputy Expelled From Ruling Party Over Putin 'Dirty Schmuck' Barb
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