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Zelensky: Ukraine has nothing to do with the alleged death of Prigozhin

Politiko 2023-08-24 16:00:19

Zelensky: Ukraine has nothing to do with the alleged death of Prigozhin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that his country had "nothing to do" with the alleged death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash on August 23.

He hinted that the Kremlin is responsible for this.

"We have nothing to do with this situation, that's for sure. I think everyone knows who is responsible," Zelensky said on August 24, a day after a private plane on which Prigozhin was registered as a passenger crashed between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Investigators have continued to search the wreckage of the private jet belonging to the Wagner Group since the early morning hours of August 24.

Emergency services officials, quoted by state news agency RIA Novosti, said the bodies of eight people had been found in the wreckage so far, but there was no word on whether any of the bodies had been identified and there was no confirmation that Prigozhin was on board. .

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) said that "according to the passenger list, the name and surname of Yevgeny Prigozhin was" on the flight that crashed north of Moscow.

Wagner's commander and co-founder Dmitry Utkin was also among the seven passengers on the plane, the aviation authority said, citing the airline. Two pilots and a flight attendant were also on board the plane, the aviation authority said, adding that an investigation into the incident had been launched.

There has been no official confirmation from the Kremlin or the Ministry of Defense that Prigozhin and Utkin died, but a channel linked to Wagner on the Telegram platform declared him dead./ REL

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