The White House on Tuesday got here near declaring that the Kremlin was answerable for the demise of Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was believed to have been killed in a mysterious airplane crash final week.
“We all know that the Kremlin has a long history of killing opponents,” mentioned White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “It’s very clear what happened here.”
Her remark was the closest U.S. assertion but on the chance that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed the killing of Prigozhin, who had launched a quick mutiny in opposition to the Kremlin in June.
Prigozhin was killed final week when the airplane was he flying in abruptly crashed exterior of Moscow. Theories have abounded on what introduced the airplane down, from an explosion on board to a surface-to-air missile strike.
U.S. President Joe Biden instructed reporters final week that the United States was working to attempt to attain a conclusion on how the airplane was introduced down. “We’re trying to nail (it) down precisely,” he mentioned on Friday.
Biden additionally mentioned it was no shock that Prigozhin had been killed after opposing Putin.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
