— It all begun on May 1, 2014.

— After a quick rise and emergence from the shadows, the Wagner PMC faced an equally loud fall and split.

— Its key leaders were killed by the orders of Putin himself.

— Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, was declared dead following a plane crash in Russia on August 23, 2023.

— All 10 individuals found at the crash site, including Prigozhin and other senior Wagner commanders, were killed.

— The plane crash occurred just two months after Prigozhin led a brief mutiny against Russia's military leadership, seizing control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don before ultimately backing down.

— While the exact cause of the crash is still under investigation, a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that an intentional explosion likely brought down the plane, raising suspicions that Prigozhin may have been targeted for assassination.

— Kremlin has denied any involvement and called such allegations an "absolute lie."