Thursday

To no one's surprise, early intelligence suggests Prigozhin was assassinated. At first people thought it was a surface-to-air missile. Then they thought it was a bomb on the aircraft or some other sabotage. There are makeshift memorials to him! 

Here is hoping, but David Lewis, a professor of Global Politics at England's University of Exeter, says Wagner is "really finished." May Africa benefit. 

Ukraine just blew up Russia's main missile base in Crimea. Forbes says it is the linchpin of Russia's air and naval defense across the Black Sea and Crimea. On Wednesday Ukraine blew it up. Ukraine is setting up conditions to liberate Crimea.