Putin finally speaks out about Wagner plane accident

The leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash near Moscow, was mentioned by Vladimir Putin for the first time.

It took the Russian president a whole day to speak up about the incident where the person who led a rebellion against him was killed.

Officials have confirmed that all 10 individuals aboard the private jet perished when it crashed to the ground yesterday. Among the passengers were the leader and his closest associate Dmitry Utkin.

During a TV meeting at the Kremlin, Putin said he was informed about the crash only this morning.

The leader of the war expressed sadness for the families of the seven passengers and three crew members on the plane.

He praised the mercenary chief and called him a skilled businessman. He has known him since the 1990s.

Putin said that he had known Prigozhin for a long time, since the early 1990s. He was someone who had a difficult past.

He was very skilled and successful in business. He not only worked in our country and did well, but he also worked in other countries, especially in Africa.

Putin said that Prigozhin made a lot of mistakes in his life, but he still accomplished what was needed, possibly referring to the war in Ukraine and Wagner’s actions in Bakhmut.

‘The president said that he made big mistakes in his life and he achieved the expected outcomes, both for himself and for the common cause, when I asked him, in the past few months. ‘

He worked with oil, gas, valuable metals, and stones at that place. He came back from Africa just yesterday. He saw some important people here.

Russian state media did not talk much about the crash. Instead, they focused on what Putin said at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg through a video link, and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

At the moment, the police have blocked off the area where the airplane crashed in the village called Kuzhenkino. This village is about 185 miles northwest of the capital city.