The Army suspended all Special Forces range activities for 72 hours following an accidental shooting on a range when live rounds were mixed in with blanks.
Russian media reports Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Moscow's forces in Ukraine, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force.
Russia’s civil aviation agency says mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow. All 10 people aboard were killed.
Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces fighting in Ukraine, is believed to have been detained, sources told the AP.
The extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s two-decade hold on power could have long-term consequences for his rule and his war in Ukraine.