Head of mercenary group attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership in June; plane ‘showed no signs of problems until drop 30 seconds before crash’
- Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead in plane crash’ – what we know so far
More now on Dmitry Uktkin, who also reportedly died in the crash.
Born in 1970, Utkin was a former officer in Russia’s GRU military intelligence service and served in both Chechen wars, as well as in Syria. He was also among the Wagner members who took part in Russian operations in eastern Ukraine, from 2014, and had received awards for his service from the Kremlin.
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