Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Thursday, reacted to the plane crash of the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
OsunDailyNG had earlier reported that Prigozhin died alongside seven passengers and three crew who were on board the Embraer aircraft.
The plane crashed into a field in the Bologovsky district in the Tver region, 60 miles north of Moscow, bursting into a ball of flames.
Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Zelensky said his country had “nothing to do” with the death of Prigozhin in a plane crash.
He said: “We have nothing to do with this situation, that’s for sure.
“I think everyone knows who this concerns.”
Prigozhin’s name was on the passenger list of the aircraft, which crashed northwest of Moscow, according to Russian state media.
The Wagner group leader had headed the mutiny in June, moving his troops from Ukraine, seizing the southern Russian city of Rostov on Don, and threatening to march on Moscow.
