2023-08-24 07:30:00
Cover image: People evacuate victims near the crash site of the private jet, near the village of Kuzhenkino, in the Tver region, Russia, Thursday August 24, 2023. AP
The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, is on the passenger list of a plane that crashed on Wednesday in the Tver region, about 180 kilometers northwest of Moscow. The Russian air transport agency Rossaviatsia confirmed that Yevgeny Prigojine was on board the plane, along with his right-hand man, Dmitry Utkin, and eight other people.The Gray Zone Telegram channel, close to Mr. Prigojine and the Wagner Group, confirmed the plane crash and explicitly accuses the Russian military of shooting it down with an anti-aircraft missile.“The spectacular elimination of Prigojine and Wagner’s command two months after [leur] coup attempt is Putin’s signal to Russian elites ahead of 2024 electionssaid on X (formerly Twitter) Mykhaïlo Podoliak, adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, believing that “Putin does not forgive anyone”.United States President Joe Biden has said he is not “not surprised” of the possible death of Wagner’s boss. “Few things happen in Russia without Putin having something to do with it”he estimated.Without mentioning the crash, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech on Wednesday on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kurskduring the Second World War, traveling to this region of southwestern Russia, bordering Ukraine.Russian air defense shot down three Ukrainian drones in Bryansk and Kaluga oblasts, Russia said early Thursday without specifying whether these attacks had caused casualties or damage.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Wednesday to end the Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula and in all areas controlled by Russia in Ukraine. Ukrainian military intelligence said on Wednesday it destroyed a powerful Russian air defense system located in Crimea near the village of Olenivka.At least four people were killed on Wednesday in a Russian strike that destroyed a school in the Sumy regionin northeastern Ukraine, according to a report by the Ukrainian interior minister.“A total of 270,000 tons of grain were destroyed during the month of attacks on ports”, said Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukrainian infrastructure minister, on Wednesday, denouncing in a publication Facebook attacks that hit “the countries of Africa and Asia, which already lack food”.
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