Putin confirms Russian pilots killed during aborted mutiny

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President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Jun 26) paid tribute to pilots who were killed during the failed weekend mutiny, confirming earlier reports by military bloggers that several planes were shot down by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner militia.

on Saturday took control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and its military command centre steering the Ukraine campaign, then driving an armed convoy within 200km of Moscow before aborting their insurrection.

There has been no official information about how many pilots died or how many aircraft were shot down.

 

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