Explosive Revelation: Putin Reveals Shocking Discovery in Wreckage of Wagner Boss's Plane

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Thursday that the plane carrying Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin in August was not brought down by an "external" attack, but rather by hand grenades that were present on the aircraft. During his speech at the Valdai Forum in Sochi, Putin referred to the recent report from the chairman of the investigative committee, who confirmed that fragments of hand grenades were discovered within the victims' bodies. Putin asserted that there was no external interference in the plane crash, stating that it is a proven fact.

Prigozhin, who previously led a failed rebellion against the Kremlin, was one of the ten individuals aboard a private plane that tragically crashed in a field northwest of Moscow in August while en route to St. Petersburg. Regrettably, all passengers, including Prigozhin and his top associates, lost their lives in the incident.

The Russian authorities, despite their denial of any involvement in the crash, have not provided a specific explanation regarding the cause of the grenades detonating aboard the aircraft. However, the leader expressed the belief that investigators should have conducted drug or alcohol tests on the victims' bodies.

A wreckage of the private jet is seen near the crash site in the Tver region, Russia, August 24, 2023.

According to Stringer/Reuters, the speaker emphasized that in his view, the examination should have been conducted but was not. Additionally, he claimed that Russian security forces had discovered a sum of 10 billion in cash and 5 kilograms of cocaine in Wagners office in St Petersburg.

Putin stated that the head of the investigation committee approved the disclosure of this information to the public, citing it as an undeniable truth.

The incident occurred exactly two months after Prigozhin's failed rebellion against the military command in Russia, marking a significant and unprecedented threat to Putin's authority in many years.

In June, Prigozhin and his Wagner troops captured crucial military installations and advanced towards Moscow, where the Kremlin had stationed heavily armed forces on the streets. However, prior to their confrontation, a resolution was reached that quelled the uprising and relocated Prigozhin and his fighters to the adjacent country of Belarus.

Smoke is seen rising above a plane engulfed in flames after an alleged air accident in the Tver region of Russia. The incident occurred on August 23, 2023, and was captured in a still image from a video. It has been reported that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian private mercenary group Wagner, was aboard the private jet that crashed north of Moscow on the same day. The image has been provided by Ostorozhno Novosti and is subject to mandatory credit and watermarked by the source. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Flight data and video analysis indicate that an explosion may have caused the aircraft, which supposedly had the Wagner boss on board, to crash. Russian officials, in response to the tragic incident, have expressed that they are contemplating different scenarios, including the potentiality of a deliberate act of violence. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shared this information with reporters towards the end of August.

US and Western intelligence officials had informed CNN that they suspected the crash to be a deliberate act. In fact, US President Joe Biden went as far as insinuating Putin's potential involvement, stating, "While I cannot assert certainty regarding the incident, I am not taken aback." This statement was made toward the end of August. Peskov, however, refuted any suggestions that the Kremlin played a role in the plane's destruction, dismissing such speculations as completely false.