"Ukraine's Defectors Extend Invitation to Wagner Troops: Join the Fight Against Putin"

Russian fighters serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces are urging Wagner Group troops to switch sides and join them in their fight against Vladimir Putin's forces to avenge the death of their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) and the Freedom of Russia Legion, two rebel groups consisting of defectors and volunteers, are calling on Wagner Group members who have not committed war crimes to join their ranks. The appeal comes after Prigozhin's private jet crashed, killing him and the co-founder of the Wagner Group, Dmitry Utkin. The cause of the crash is unclear, but speculation that Prigozhin was killed on Putin's orders has been denied by the Kremlin.