Putin Says Grenades Went Off on Prigozhin Jet, Hints at Drug Use

Russian President Vladimir Putin said pieces of grenade were found in the bodies of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and other mercenary leaders who died in a plane crash, as he hinted that the man who led an armed revolt against the Kremlin’s military leadership had been a drug user.

“In the bodies of those who died in the air crash fragments of hand grenades were found,” Putin said Thursday at the annual meeting of the Valdai Club in the Black Sea city of Sochi, citing what he said were investigators’ findings. There was no evidence of an external impact on the aircraft, he added.

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[TheLucGiguere]

It's clear that the plane committed suicide ...

[MrJonathanainsworth]

Prigozhin’s big mouth and arrogance got him killed.

[hg]

There was no examination for alcohol or drugs because there was no examination at all.

[MeM_UK]

Isn't it weird how everyone who opposes him plays with a grenade or falls out of a window or gets weirdly ill?

[morfi]

Yeah right Putin.
That is an insult to our intelligence.

[catarinaolaussonFreddyflang]

And i thougt it was Santa claus that crashed with his sled and reindeers in the plane..

[benjamindorge]

When the poison didn't work, it was time for the grenades

[edmundo.santiago]

Booby trap? Grenade in a box of chocolates, triggered when opened? Timed grenade? One thing is certain, you don't cross this man if you value your life. That has been made clear for some time now.

[josenunez-yanez]

And now he is saying that he does not want to invade Poland

[iaindouglas]

And of course with the sheer integrity this man exudes, we believe him😒

[Andrei-gtpw]

Prigozhin tried really hard to fall off a window, but could not open it. So he tried to open it with a grenade.

[asphyxiafeeling]

You aim at the king, you better not miss! Prigozhin was a dead man walking the moment the coup failed

[smith]

Everyone’s a gangster until Putin shows up.

[KikkelisKokkelis]

Don’t know who made that lie up but maybe they thought that ”nobody would make up anything this dumb so everybody thinks it has to be true”??

[billyjoesmo]

The video we've seen had a smoke trail from a ground-to-air missile😮 did the missile have hand grenades?

[eonite]

Lol everyone knows how things work in Russia. Balconies arr dangerous 😂

[IowaKeith]

Pootin: "Prigozhin was a cocaine dealer. We dont know why grenades went off on his plane. We shoulda checked if he was high."

[Jack-fmde]

Who cares? I'm still trying to figure out why Biden is on vacation during every crisis.

[shaboopie]

Wow, just a remarkable lie. What a time we live in.

[papasmurf]

You can't believe a word that comes out of his mouth.