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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on plane that crashed, killing 10

The Russian government says mercenary leader Yevgeny Priogozhin died in a fiery plane crash north of Moscow, along with nine other people on board. Unconfirmed video of the crash shows the plane falling out of the sky. The head of the Wagner mercenary group led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year.
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