On the 23rd, a breaking news quickly attracted widespread attention from the international community: the leaders of the Wagner mercenaries and other important figures were killed in the mysterious crash.
Faced with this situation, the international community has speculated, the most common of which is that the Kremlin ordered action against Wagner head Prigozhin. If this is true, then did Putin and the Russian Ministry of Defense already know about it?
Wagner's top brass suffered a plane crash that killed all 10 people, including Prigozhin, who may be the head of Wagner's mercenaries. The incident took place in an eventful and shocking time.
With this sudden happening, the eyes of the world are focused on one question: Who is **? Both Russia and the international community are in heated discussions. According to the Russian side, seven of the 10 people on the private jet were senior executives of the Wagner Group, including the head of the Wagner mercenary group.
Russia will confirm the identity of the victims through DNA tests. If it is confirmed that Prigozhin was killed in the crash, the Wagner mercenary group will face the loss of its leader.
The crash not only claimed the head of the Wagner Group, but also other top officials, including Prigozhin's henchman Utkin, who is also another founder of the Wagner Group.
Utkin, who knew Prigozhin when Crimea joined Russia, was born in Ukraine and worked for Russia's Main Directorate of Military Intelligence. Soon after the two met, Wagner came into being, and the name "Wagner" was the code name of Utkin's previous work.
In the year of the Wagner mutiny, Prigozhin sent Utkin as a vanguard general to lead his army all the way north to the periphery of Moscow. The Wagner mutiny almost succeeded in capturing Moscow, and although it ultimately failed, the event that shocked the world caused Putin's trust in the Wagner Group and Prigozhin to gradually fade.
If the top leaders of the Wagner Group, such as Prigozhin and Utkin, are killed in this accident, the future prospects of the Wagner mercenary group seem uncertain.
2. Regarding the incident, according to eyewitnesses, Prigozhin heard two ** noises before the plane crashed. At the same time, the Russian Aviation Agency also confirmed that the plane was blown up.
As can be seen from the scene** footage, before the plane fell, it rolled in the air several times, and then billowing smoke came out of the fuselage, while the wings and stabilizers also fell off during the plane fall.
According to eyewitnesses, they heard two strong ** noises before the plane crashed. Then, the plane fell from the sky, causing a tragedy. It is understood that there were seven passengers on the plane at that time, all of whom were senior executives of the Wagner Group, and three crew members.
Among them was Prigozhin, whose name appeared on the plane's passenger list.
Prigozhin's friends discovered a loophole that the name on the passenger list of the flight did not mean that he was actually on the flight. Still, after the crash, some of Prigozhin's friends said they could not reach him and that he is currently missing.
Despite this, Russian reports suggest that, according to multiple sources, it is likely that Prigozhin was not killed in the crash. A few days before the crash, the Wagner Group also posted a paragraph of Prigozhin's ** on the Internet, which was Prigozhin's first ** speech since the Wagner mutiny, in addition to some text notes, in which Prigozhin claimed that he had returned to work and that the Wagner mercenary group was also ready to continue recruiting soldiers.
In this **, Prigozhin appears in the desert in camouflage, followed by a group of armed men. The details in ** imply that Prigozhin may be on a mission with the Wagner Group in Africa.
Prigozhin hadn't been seen in public for some time since the release of the report, and now tensions around him are starting to heat up again.
According to the latest news, the former top brass of the Wagner Group are trying to win over former colleagues of the Wagner Group in an attempt to poach them from within. And Russia** did not condone the mutiny of the Wagner Group, but suspended its financial support for Wagner.
After the crash, Putin quickly learned the news and immediately returned to Moscow. At the same time, the Russian Air Force also acted urgently to evacuate all the Wagner mercenaries stationed in Belarus.
Prior to this, Belarusian leader Lukashenko had suggested to Putin that Wagner forces go to Belarus to deal with the Wagner mutiny.
After much deliberation, Putin ** decided to take up the proposal and send Wagner mercenaries to Belarus. This decision led to the current situation. The deployment of Wagner's forces in Belarus would not only pose a threat to Ukraine, but also deterrent Poland and the Baltic region.
After the one-time purge of Wagner's top brass, the Russian side suddenly decided to recall them all, which raised some doubts. In addition, through the reports of Russia** and the analysis of the international community, we have found some clues from them.
If there is one force that wants Prigozhin to die the most, it is undoubtedly Russia. After all, in June this year, the mutiny of the Wagner Group undoubtedly disgraced Russia.
In addition, according to eyewitnesses, there were two ** voices before the crash. Many experts and scholars believe that this may be the result of the downing of the plane by an anti-aircraft missile.