Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on its 550th day.
Russia’s civil aviation authority earlier this week said Prigozhin was on the list of those on board the plane / Photo: Reuters / Photo: AFPThe death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis, Russia's Investigative Committee said Sunday.
"According to their results, the identities of all 10 victims were established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight list," the committee said.Russia launched an overnight air attack on Kiev and other parts of Ukraine, Ukraine's military said, with air defence systems destroying missiles heading towards the capital. All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts for about three hours early on Sunday before they were cleared at around 6am , Ukraine Air Force data showed. "Enemy targets moving in the direction of Kyiv were destroyed by air defence forces," Serhiy Popko, head of Kiev's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. The attack involved cruise missiles, he said.0510 GMT - Russia shoots down two drones over Kursk, Bryansk regions Russia's defence ministry said its forces shot down two drones overnight in two regions bordering Ukraine. One drone was shot down over the Bryansk region in Russia's west and another in the Kursk region, just south of it, the defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging channel.0351 GMT - Gazprom to ship 41.5 mcm of gas to Europe via Ukraine Russia's Gazprom said it will send 41.5 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine, a volume in line with recent days.
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