We have nothing to do with this – Zelenskyy on Prigozhin's death
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine had nothing to do with the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, in Russia.
Source: Interfax-Ukraine
Quote: "We have nothing to do with this. Everyone understands who is involved."
Details: The president said this to journalists in Kyiv on 24 August.
In this way, Zelenskyy hinted that the Russian political leadership, headed by dictator Vladimir Putin, was involved in the death of the Wagner Group’s leader.
In particular, UK military circles suggested that the most likely version is that the Russian FSB is behind the crash of Prigozhin’s plane.
Background:
- A plane belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin (an Embraer Legacy 600) crashed on 23 August in the village of Kuzhenkino in Russia's Tver Oblast. The plane was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg. 10 people were killed (7 passengers, 2 pilots and a flight attendant). According to the passenger manifest, Yevgeny Prigozhin and the management of the Wagner Group were on board.".
- On 24 August, bodies of all 10 people killed in the crash of a business jet were taken to a morgue for forensic examination.
- The Russian media saw a certain symbolism in the fact that the plane crash occurred on 23 August, exactly two months after the rebellion of the Wagner PMC (Prigozhin announced his "march of justice" on the evening of 23 June).
- US President Joe Biden suggested that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, may be behind the plane crash.
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