While the war between Russia and Ukraine continued, the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Evgeny Prigojin, started a rebellion movement claiming that Russia had bombed the Wagner camps. Wagner soldiers of Prigojin, who held the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff responsible, moved towards Moscow. After the agreement between Putin and Prigojin, Wagner left Russian territory and settled in Belarus.
On 23 August, one of the 2 planes belonging to Wagner departed from Moscow to St. He crashed for an unknown reason while flying to St. Petersburg. It turned out that Evgeny Prigojin, who was determined to be on the crashed plane, died.
LUKASENKO: ‘I DID NOT GUARANTEE PRIGOJIN’
After Prigojin’s death, Russian President Putin also made a statement from Lukashenko. “I did not guarantee security to Prigojin,” Lukashenko said. I shouldn’t be the one responsible for Prigojin’s safety. That’s the first thing. Secondly, this should not even be discussed at all,” he said.
WAGNER EXPLANATION
Lukashenko said, “It is okay for the Wagner soldiers to stay in Belarus,” and said, “Wagner lived, lives and will live in Belarus. The headquarters of the group remains here. They will live and work with us as long as we need this group.”
LUKASENKO PRE-WARNED PRIGOJIN AND UTKIN
Luakshenko, who said that he had met Prigojin and his right-hand man Dmitriy Utkin before, and said to the duo, “Gentlemen, be careful”, stated that he did not heed Prigojin’s warnings. Speaking about the Kremlin’s allegations that he killed Prigojin, Lukashenko said, “I know Putin, he is calculating things and he is very calm. I can’t imagine Putin doing that, Putin being the culprit. This is a very rude and unprofessional job.” used the phrases.
Source: UAV