Today’s big news, of course, is the apparent murder of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary “private military contractors” group and architect of a short-lived rebellion that advanced surprisingly close to Moscow before ending under mysterious circumstances.
The fact that Prigozhin had remained alive and free for this long was a “mysterious circumstance” in itself. Yet this is Russia we’re talking about and not only are things not always what they appear, there will be a million conspiracy theories to fill the information void as people try to make sense of a confusing and bizarre situation.
Additionally, we will take a look at the state of the southern front, and Ukraine’s apparent refocus at the behest of its Western partners.