Kremlin slams accusations it killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: ‘Absolute lie’

The Kremlin has slammed accusations that it killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as an “absolute lie” — as top US military brass cautioned that confirming the mercenary leader’s death will take some time. Two days after a plane crash that is presumed to have killed the feared fighter, who led a mutiny against the Russian military, neither the Kremlin nor Wagner has officially confirmed the 62-year-old’s death. Prigozhin, along with six other passengers and three crew members, was listed in the manifest of the doomed Embraer Legacy 600 jet. There has been rampant speculation as to the cause of the crash, but preliminary US intelligence reports suggested that the Wagner leader’s private jet was downed by an explosion inside the aircraft. On Friday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov clapped back at Western insinuations that the plane was downed on Putin’s orders. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/25/kremlin-slams-accusations-it-killed-wagner-chief-yevgeny-prigozhin/ #russia #yevgenyprigozhin #wagnergroup The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost