WAGNER BOSS PRIGOZHIN KILLED BY PUTIN IN MOSCOW
- The Kremlin has still not commented on Wednesday’s plane crash in which Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have died
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin made no mention of the crash as he addressed an international summit via video link
- Authorities say all 10 people on the plane were killed near Moscow - and passengers included Prigozhin and his right-hand man Dmitry Utkin
- There’s huge speculation about what happened. UK defence sources tell the BBC that Russia’s FSB intelligence agency is most likely to be responsible
- The Wagner mercenary group was very active in Ukraine until Prigozhin led a short-lived mutiny in June - Putin called it "treachery" at the time
Grey Zone, a Wagner-linked account on Telegram, speculated that Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane had been downed by Russia’s air defences.
Grey Zone remains the only key account linked to the military group which has so far claimed that Prigozhin is dead.
In a post yesterday evening, it said the Wagner boss “died as a result of actions by traitors of Russia”.
Roman Saponkov, a war reporter thought to be linked to Wagner, also argued that the group’s chief had been assassinated.
"Prigozhin’s killing will have catastrophic consequences. People who gave the order completely fail to understand the mood and morale in the army,” he said.
DShRG Rusich, a popular pro-war account, suggested that Prigozhin had been killed because he ended his mutiny in June without reaching Moscow.
“Let this be a lesson for everyone. You need to go all the way,” it said.
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