According to the Defense Ministry of the United Kingdom, though, there hasn’t been any concrete proof regarding the demise of the Wagner PMC boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, there is a high possibility that, he was onboard the private jet that crashed in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.
The ministry added that, his death would possibly have major consequences on the Wagner group.
“The demise of Prigozhin almost certainly would have a deeply destabilizing effect on the Wagner Group. His personal attributes of hyperactivity, exceptional audacity, a drive for results and extreme brutality permeated Wagner and are unlikely to be matched by any successor.”
UK Defense Ministry.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to various confirmed reports, the Wagner boss, along with other Wagner commanders, were on the passenger list of the private jet, which presumably collided with a Russian ground-to-air defense missile, and crushed, living no survivors. The Russia Defense Ministry is yet to release a statement on the said accident.
Rishi Sunak, has reaffirmed the ministry’s intelligence that declared that, the Wagner boss was present on the plane, would likely be accurate. “We’re obviously monitoring the situation very closely, working with our allies to establish what happened,” the Prime Minister said.
On the other hand, the US Pentagon said, there hasn’t been any credible evidence that, the jet coincidentally clashed with an air defense missile, as various news networks have reported.
According to the Gen. Pat Ryder, though, they suspect something fishy, they also cannot say the plane was hit with a bomb, or the crash was a deliberate assassination plot by the Kremlin.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden claimed, there is nothing like a surprise in regards to what has happened in Moscow. He stated categorically that, his guts tell him that, Vladimir Putin is the main person behind this assassination.
“I don’t know for a fact what happened, but I’m not surprised. There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind.”
Joe Biden, President of the United States of America.
According to Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, the President’s statement portrays Washington’s continuous disrespect for diplomacy.
“Still, it is not for the US president, in my opinion, to talk about such tragic events of this kind.”
Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia.
The Kremlin Claps Back At Washington
However, the Kremlin has lashed on President Joe Biden for saying that, he is not astonished on what has happened to the Wagner boss, after his failed mutiny in June.
The Kremlin has characterized Biden’s comments as inappropriate, and said such a statement shouldn’t come from the mouth of a President.
According to the spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, the allegations that, the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, was completely under commands of Vlamir Putin, are falsehoods, that the West want to spread about the leader.
“Investigation into the plane crash on Wednesday evening in which President Vladimir Putin has said, Prigozhin and his associates were killed according to preliminary information, is ongoing. Putin had not met Prigozhin recently.”
Dmitry Peskov, Spokesperson for The Kremlin.
Peskov further stated that, the existence of the Wagner Private Military Company, was of no appropriate legal standings. He added that, the group only existed as one, which added enormous contributions to the Kremlin’s military operation in Kyiv.
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