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Dmitry Valerievich Utkin (Russian: Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин) (11 June 1970 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Aug 28, 2023 · Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure whose call sign “Wagner” allegedly inspired the Russian private mercenary group’s name, died alongside Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash on Wednesday.
Dmitry Utkin. Utkin was a Russian military veteran. Before his involvement with the Wagner Group, he was a lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a Spetsnaz GRU unit, and fought in the First and Second Chechen wars. Many sources name Utkin as a founder and the first commander of Wagner.
Aug 24, 2023 · Dmitry Utkin is one of the figures most associated with the Wagner Group. Nine other people were on the plane alongside Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin when it crashed, according to flight details...
Aug 25, 2023 · Dmitri Utkin, a longtime lieutenant to the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and the man whose nom de guerre inspired the name of their private military outfit, Wagner, was...
Aug 25, 2023 · Here are the latest developments. The Kremlin on Friday denied involvement in the presumed death of the Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, dismissing suggestions by Western officials...
Aug 24, 2023 · Among the passengers listed aboard the Wagner jet that crashed in Russia on August 23 was longtime mercenary commander and former military intelligence officer Dmitry Utkin.
Aug 24, 2023 · Dmitry Utkin, a grim man with a gaunt face, smooth-shaven head and Nazi SS tattoos decorating his collarbone, founded Wagner in the wake of a two-and-a-half decade career with...
Aug 27, 2023 · Dmitry Utkin, who is believed to have died aged 53 alongside Yevgeny Prigozhin in the private jet that crashed north of Moscow on August 23, was sometimes described as the co-founder, with...
Aug 31, 2023 · Dmitry Utkin died in an Aug. 23 plane crash that killed all 10 people on board, including Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his other top lieutenants. The crash between Moscow and St. Petersburg happened two months after Prigozhin led his fighters in a brief mutiny against Russia’s military leadership.
