America’s first reaction to the death of Commander Wagner.
The New York Times quoted US intelligence officials as saying that they could not confirm Prigogine’s death or the cause of the crash of the plane carrying him.
At the same time, the US State Department, in response to the news about the death of the leader of the Wagner Group, announced: “If it is confirmed that the leader of the Wagner Group was on the crashed plane, it will not surprise anyone.”
On the other hand, US President Joe Biden, in response to the developments related to the death of the leader of the Wagner group, announced: “I don’t know for sure what happened, but without Putin, nothing happens in Russia, and Putin is behind everything that happens in Russia.” Is.”
Hours ago, it was announced that nine people were killed along with Prigozhin, the commander of the Wagner group, as a result of a plane crash in the north of Russia.
According to Rasha Today TV channel, this plane was a private jet with registration number RA-02795 flying from Moscow and carrying 10 passengers, which crashed near the “Tor” area.
According to the report of Russia Elium, the Russian Civil Aviation Organization announced in a statement: that “Prigoghin” (Commander Wagner) is one of the passengers of the plane that disintegrated. He was killed in this incident.
In the statement of the Ministry of Emergency Affairs of Russia, it is stated: “Investigation has been started about the behind-the-scenes of the crash of this plane, in which the founder of the Wagner Group was also on board.”
The statement added: A private Embraer commercial plane crashed in Tver, killing all on board. The plane was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The owner of the plane has also been announced as “Prigoghin”.
The Russian website “Ridovoka” announced that the second plane associated with Commander Wagner is flying over Moscow and did not request permission to land at an airport in the capital of Russia. It is possible that Prigogine only registered his name in the passenger list for security reasons, But he boarded another plane.
