

Going by the call sign "Sedoy," meaning "Gray Hair," Troshev is a retired Russian colonel and a founding member and executive director of the Wagner Group, according to sanctions documents published by the European Union and France. Putin proposes new Wagner commander: Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Wagner fighters that a senior mercenary named Andrey Troshev command the private military group, according to comments the Russian leader made to the Kommersant newspaper published Friday.Ukrainian investigators identified him as a former militant who fought against Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine before Russia's full-scale invasion began. Alleged Russian saboteur gets 10-year prison sentence: The Security Service of Ukraine said an alleged Russian saboteur has been given a 10-year prison sentence for a foiled plot to blow up transportation infrastructure in the western Ukrainian region of Rivne.Denisenko was detained earlier this week in connection with the murder of Rzhitsky, a former submarine commander in Russia's Black Sea fleet. Rzhitsky was killed early Monday morning as he was running through a park in Krasnodar.

Ukrainian citizen charged with murder of Russian commander: Sergei Denisenko, a Ukrainian citizen, has been charged with the "premeditated murder" of Stanislav Rzhitsky and illegal arms trafficking, the Russian Investigative Committee said Friday.
