"Putin's Directive: Wagner Fighters Forced to Swear Loyalty in Ukraine"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian state following a deadly plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Wagner mercenary group. Meanwhile, Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency claims a Ukrainian drone attack hit a Russian military base in annexed Crimea, and Russia's air defense forces destroyed 42 Ukraine-launched drones over the Crimean Peninsula. The U.S. State Department has imposed sanctions on individuals and entities connected to the forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children, and Russian militants have called on the Wagner Group to switch sides and join their ranks.