Vladimir Putin killed the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, because he is “weak,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, while predicting that the Russian leader would try to terrorize the West with nuclear weapons.
Zelensky interjected in passing about the death of the mutinous warlord while answering a question about Putin at a conference in kyiv on Friday.
“The fact that he [Putin] “He killed Prigozhin, at least that is the information we all have, not any other kind, and that also speaks of his rationality and the fact that he is weak,” Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president offered no evidence to support the claim that his Russian counterpart was behind last month’s mysterious plane crash outside Moscow that killed 10 people, including Prigozhin and his second-in-command.
The Kremlin has dismissed the suggestion that Putin ordered the deaths of the Wagner Group boss and his henchmen as an “absolute lie.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky casually claimed that Vladimir Putin killed Yevgeny Prigozhin without offering any evidence. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER/AFP via Getty Images
According to Zelensky, Putin orchestrated the fiery death of the mutinous warlord because the Russian leader is “weak.”
Prigozhin’s private plane with 10 people on board crashed in August in the Tver region. AFP via Getty Images
Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the aviation disaster, without ruling out “deliberate misconduct” as a possible cause.
Prigozhin’s death came two months to the day he led a brief revolt against Russia’s military brass, prompting Putin to label him a “traitor.”
During Friday’s press conference at the opening of the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting, Zelensky said Putin “has deflated as a person and as a politician.”
Zelensky predicted that Putin would try to intimidate the West with nuclear weapons this winter. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Ukraine’s leader, however, warned that next winter the Russian president would try to “strike fear” in the West with Russia’s nuclear arsenal, while continuing to inflict suffering on Ukrainians as he had done last year.
Putin “will put pressure on the West and, above all, the United States, since they will also be in a fragile moment, since it is an electoral moment,” Zelensky predicted, referring to the 2024 presidential elections that will confront the president. Biden against a yet-to-be-determined Republican contender.
“There will be intimidation, but there is a distance between intimidation and action,” he added. “I think it’s important not to panic.”
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