Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence on the plane crash in which he Senior leaders of the Wagner mercenary group diedin a televised interview with Denis Pushilin, Russian leader of the partially occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine.
Putin has expressed his condolences to the family of the head of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhinand recalled the importance of Wagner in the invasion of Ukraine: “They contributed a lot to our common cause of fighting the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine, we remember it, we know it and we will not forget it.”
He has also highlighted his relationship with Prigozhin, whom he knew “since the early 90s.” According to him, the deceased was “a man with a difficult destiny, and [que] He made serious mistakes in his life.”
The Russian president has advanced that an investigation will be carried out, and “it will be carried out in its entirety and to the end.” He has added that right now they are doing expert, technical and genetic examinationsand that “this takes time”.