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.