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Founder of PMC ” Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin responded to CNN's question about the death of former sailor Peter Reid in Bachmut, who fought as part of the armed forces of Ukraine as a mercenary.
The CNN reporter asked if Wagner's soldiers were involved. Reed's death, to which Prigozhin replied that the PMC had no information about the means by which the American was killed, nor information about the presence of foreign volunteers in Bakhmut.
“The presence of foreign volunteers does not prevent Ukrainian forces from using chemical weapons in the Bakhmut area, ” said Prigogine. He also wondered why the Estonian Erko Laidinen filmed Reid before his death.
According to Prigogin, the place where Reed died is located at least 5 kilometers from the Wagner PMC positions and is surrounded by high-rise buildings. buildings and it was much more convenient to intervene at this point from Ukrainian positions.
“I can say with certainty that Peter Reed was killed by his own people,” Prigogine wrote on his Telegram channel.
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