Ukraine Recap: Putin Recalls Prigozhin — in Past Tense

Putin Offer Condolences Over Prigozhin Jet Crash
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Vladimir Putin offered words of appreciation — in the past tense — for Yevgeny Prigozhin, confirming that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group died in a plane crash.

On Russian state TV, Putin described Prigozhin, who staged an unsuccessful mutiny against the Russian president’s military leadership, as a “talented businessman” and “a man with a complicated fate” who “made serious mistakes in life.”