Page 18 - Lukashenko News Today

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Russian private mercenary group Wagner, was reportedly listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed north of Moscow, claiming the lives of all 10 individuals on board, according to Russian authorities. World reacts with speculation and commentary.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated Ukrainians on their Independence Day on Thursday and used the opportunity to call for the end of the conflict in the country. "Having gaine...

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary army, reportedly died in a plane crash after his rebellion against Putin.

Mostly low profile, _ since then. if any prigozhin kept a mostly low profile, but _ since then. if any prigozhin kept a mostly low profile, but this - since then. if any prigozhin kept a mostly low profile, but this is - since then. if any prigozhin kept a| mostly low profile, but this is what we know. he was meant to be moved to belarus when the coup failed, yet two weeks later the leader of belarus, lukashenko, said he wasnt there, but wasnt that in russia. at there, but wasnt that in russia. ...

Lukashenko. we can expect a level of coordination when we get statements from the world leaders but the question remains what happens to the thousands of wagner fighters in belarus and training there, and also the thousands of wagner fighters in places like syria and subsaharan africa at the coordination of the russian government on behalf of prigozhin taking orders still from russian president putin. nothing of note yet, but again president putin remains at the concert in southern russia. >> jo...

About does this show that putin is weak. and you can only imagine how that was received by vladimir putin. >> right. but i think that, brianna, if you look at the inside intelligence speculation on this, people would say he engineered perhaps the whole thing. he got rid of prigozhin. he found the disloyals, he redeployed forces out and into belarus. he brought in lukashenko closer and at the end he got rid of prigozhin, a rival. so maybe it was just happenstance, maybe hes just taking advantage ...

The passenger list. lets talk through these developments, joining us from washington, andrewjanuary, assistant director at the atlantic councils eurasia centre. great to have you on the programme, thanks forjoining us. its shocking news forjoining us. its shocking news for many, whats your reaction? thank you for having me, its shocking news with which the speed we are seeing this information come in. i think roughly two months ago, when prigozhin led his mutiny against the russian military lead...

Crucial role. —— bakhmut. after that mutiny in moscow, there were questions about where wagner would move to, we heard possibly belarus — what have we heard about what happened to the wagner military group after that march in moscow? taste group after that march in moscow? , definitely know they stopped being an important force in ukraine, they moved to belarus, and there they became sort of a troublemaker. we know that the president of belarus, lukashenko, for saying that he asked the wag...

That. but we know that this is a mafia state. they hate each other. prigozhin wouldve had a lot of other enemies who mightve wanted to see them destroyed. lukashenko looks very weak now. he was the guy that helped broker the deal. now he looks totally weak and irrelevant. itll be interesting to see what happens there. i think ukraine, nobody there is going to be mourning prigozhins death if in fact he actually is dead. im not convinced of that yet. but it does reveal even further the fraying of ...

Missed in belarus. he was a murder and should be remembered as such. his death might dismantle wagners presence in belarus, reducing the threat to our nation and neighbors. no one should trust lukashenkos guarantees or any of his deals. how do you think if he is, in fact, gone, it does impact belarus? but also, you know, wagner is very active on the african continent. what do you think the impact of his death, if it is confirmed, would be? >> well, i agree. this is good nus for belarus. its also...