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This Is Why

Prigozhin "dead", what next for Putin and Ukraine?

This Is Why

Sky News

News, News Commentary, Daily News

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Russians have been paying tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin after it was reported the Wagner leader was among ten people who died when a private jet crashed near Moscow on Wednesday.

President Putin has praised his former ally as a “talented businessman” who worked “with good results” in Russia and across Africa, but also said he had “made serious mistakes in his life”.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson takes a deep dive into what it means for President Putin’s hold on power, the war in Ukraine and whether it’s the end of the Wagner group.

Niall is joined by our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn and military analyst Sean Bell.

Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Podcast promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Wendy Parker

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Hi, I'm Neil Patterson, host of the Sky News Daily, here with the second of today's episodes,

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but of course, continuing our focus on the apparent death of Yvgeny Progoshin, head of the

1:10.4

mercenary Wagner group.

1:13.9

Now, earlier we were focusing on the circumstances surrounding the crash.

1:17.6

We just want to analyse in a bit more detail what they mean for Vladimir Putin,

1:21.7

and ultimately, of course, for the war in Ukraine.

1:24.5

To that end, we are joined once again by our military analyst, Sean Bell,

1:27.7

and our international affairs editor, Dominic Wighorn. Chaps, good to have you both here. But, Dom, let's start with you. Bring us up to date with the very latest. I mean, first and foremost, have we actually heard from Vladimir Putin? We have, but he's not said anything about this. He was at an 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk Memorial event last night

1:46.0

as his putative arch nemesis of getting prognosis was falling out of the sky. And we've heard from

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