LONDON — There isn’t but definitive proof that Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was onboard a aircraft that crashed with no survivors earlier this week, however it’s “highly likely” he’s lifeless, Britain’s Ministry of Defense stated on Friday.
Russian authorities have stated Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on the aircraft which fell from the sky northwest of Moscow on Wednesday night, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny towards the military prime brass.
Russian investigators have opened a probe into what occurred, however haven’t formally confirmed the identities of the ten our bodies recovered from the wreckage.
“There is not yet definitive proof that Prigozhin was onboard and he is known to exercise exceptional security measures. However, it is highly likely that he is indeed dead,” the British ministry stated in a protection intelligence replace posted on social media platform X, previously referred to as Twitter.
“The demise of Prigozhin would almost certainly have a deeply destabilizing effect on the Wagner Group. His personal attributes of hyper-activity, exceptional audacity, a drive for results and extreme brutality permeated Wagner and are unlikely to be matched by any successor.”
“Wagner’s leadership vacuum would be compounded by the reports that founder and field commander Dimitry Utkin and logistics chief Valery Chekalov also died.” —Kylie MacLellan and Farouq Suleiman/Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
