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Dmitry Peskov has dismissed Western media speculation about the reported death of the Wagner chief President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday dismissed what he called unfounded speculation by some media in the West that Moscow may have been behind the crash of Wagner head Evgeny Prigozhin’s plane.

The Chinese Embassy in the US says it is unaware of any request for military assistance from Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine The Chinese Embassy in the US says it has no information about Russia’s alleged request to China for military assistance, noting that Beijing’s focus is on bringing tensions down in Ukraine.