Wagner boss made mistakes – Putin

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin made serious mistakes, Russian President Vladimir Putin, said in a condolence message to the deceased family yesterday.

The Wagner chief and nine others died when a plane conveying them crashed near Moscow on Wednesday.

Vladimir Putin broke his silence over the horrific plane crash believed to have killed Prigozhin and Wagner’s co-founder Dmirty Utkin, as western forces debate the possible causes of the incident.

It remained unclear exactly what happened to the jet that fell from the sky.

Earlier yesterday, anonymous United States (U.S.) officials said they believed it had been caused by a surface-to-air missile.

But a statement evening from the Pentagon ruled that possibility out.

The U.S. Department of Defence said there was currently no information to suggest that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane presumed to be carrying the Russian mercenary leader (Prigozhin).

 

Brig.-Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, offered no further details or evidence as he made his remarks at a Pentagon news conference.

Reuters reported earlier yesterday that the U.S. was looking at a number of theories over what caused Prigozhin’s plane to crash.

A preliminary Washington intelligence assessment found that the plane crash was initially caused by an explosion.

While officials did not give any further details about what set off the detonation, one highlighted the explosion fell in line with Putin’s ‘long history of trying to silence his critics’.

In an eerie television address, Putin said. Nation