Wagner soldiers have made a scary warning to Vladimir Putin soon after their boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was said to have died in a plane accident in Russia.
The Wagner leader who was 62 years old was in his own plane when it suddenly fell to the ground about 60 miles north of Moscow, according to officials from Russia.
According to Russia’s aviation authority, all 10 people who were on the plane are confirmed to have died. The names of the victims have been released.
Dmitry Ukin, the person who helped start the Wagner Group and worked closely with Prigozhin, was one of the people who died when the Embraer jet suddenly fell from the sky.
People have been wondering and guessing about whether or not the warlord was really on the plane that was going from Moscow to St Petersburg.
The accident near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region caused suspicion because it occurred precisely two months after Prigozhin attempted to rebel against Vladimir Putin, but it didn’t last very long.
According to The Sun, Wagner fighters have threatened to launch a second protest in Moscow if their leader is not alive.
A message from a paramilitary group last night said: ‘There are rumors that the leader of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has died. ‘
We think that Putin and other Kremlin officials tried to kill him.
If we find out for sure that Prigozhin has died, we will plan another protest in Moscow called the “March of Justice”. It would be better for him to be alive because it will benefit you.
More men with guns, who say they are part of the same team, mentioned in a video on the internet that there is a lot of conversation happening about what the Wagner Group will do. We want to share something with you.
‘We are about to begin, prepare yourselves for us. ‘
Neither the UK nor US governments have made an official statement, and the Kremlin has not officially identified Prigozhin as one of the casualties.
But, government-controlled media and social media accounts connected to Wagner have said that both Prigozhin and Utkin are no longer alive.
Other people on the plane who were identified by Russian officials include Sergey Propustin, Evgeniy Makaryan, Aleksandr Totomin, Valeriy Chekalov, and Nikolay Matuseev.
The three people working on the plane were pilot Aleksei Levshin, assistant pilot Rustam Karimov, and flight attendant Kristina Raspopova.
One well-known Wagner channel, Grey Zone, said that Prigozhin died and praised him as a hero and patriot who was killed by people who betrayed Russia.
His supporters are showing their respect and sadness by lighting up his office windows in St Petersburg with a big cross at night. They also left flowers and lit candles near the offices on Thursday.
Many ideas are being talked about regarding this situation. Some people who like him think Russia is to blame, while others think Ukraine is responsible.
The Kremlin’s propaganda machine has a history of spreading false information, so there could be a possibility that disinformation is being spread.
Putin was at a concert celebrating the Soviet troops’ win in the Battle of Kursk during World War II when the accident occurred.
Abbas Gallyamov, a person who used to write speeches for Putin and now criticizes him, suggested that Putin was responsible for the crash and used it to increase his power.
“He wrote on Telegram that the government now believes it cannot go against Putin. ” Putin is very powerful and able to get back at people who have wronged him.
Bill Browder is a businessman who knows a lot about Russia and he criticizes the Kremlin. He agrees with the statement that Putin does not forgive or forget.
He appeared embarrassed and powerless while Prigozhin acted without any worry in the world (after the rebellion). He wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that this will make his authority stronger.
The crash site of a business jet in Russia where the wreckage is found.
During his trip to California, President Joe Biden informed the reporters that he was unaware of what had occurred.
“But I am not shocked,” Mr. Biden stated ‘Putin is responsible for most of what happens in Russia. ’
Shortly after the accident, another plane owned by Prigozhin that seemed to be going to St Petersburg also, based on flight tracking information, landed at Ostafyevo airport near Moscow.
The second plane has made people think that Prigozhin might still be alive and pretending to be dead, just like he did in 2019.
But Vladimir Rogov, a person chosen by Russia to work in the partially controlled Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine, said he spoke to Wagner leaders who confirmed that Prigozhin was on board.
We have read the reports. “If it is proven to be true, nobody should be caught off guard,” expressed the US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson.
Keir Giles, an expert on Russia from a think-tank called Chatham House, has advised to be careful.
He said that many people have changed their name to Yevgeniy Prigozhin to make it difficult to know where he has been going.
Mr Giles said, “Don’t be surprised if he appears soon in a new video from Africa. ”