Prigojin’s statement from the White House

The White House has issued a statement on Yevgeny Prigojin, founder and leader of the Wagner mercenary group, who was pronounced dead in a plane crash last week. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre reviewed the agenda for the press conference and responded to questions from journalists.

“Did you receive any new information about why Prigojin’s plane crashed?” the journalist asked. Jean-Pierre replied: “We do not have a new evaluation on this matter.”

“We are more and more sure that Prigojin died in a plane crash last Wednesday, August 23,” Jean-Pierre said. he continued in the form.

RUSSIA CONFIRMED

In a statement by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) on August 23, 10 people were reported to have died as a result of a private plane crash, including Prigokhin, in Tver.

According to the statement, on the plane’s passenger list were Prigojin’s assistant and one of Wagner’s founders, Dmitriy Utkin, and Sergey Propustin, Yevgeniy Makaryan, Aleksandr Totmin, Valeriy Cekalov and Nikolay Matuseyev.

In its statement on August 27, the Investigative Committee of Russia confirmed that Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigojin was among those killed in a private plane crash in the Tver region. (AA)