Wagner chief claims US citizen killed in Ukraine’s Bakhmut
'We will hand him over to US, put him in a coffin, cover him with the American flag with respect,' says Yevgeny Prigozhin
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ISTANBUL
The head of the Wagner paramilitary group on Tuesday claimed that a US citizen fighting in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a hot spot in the Ukraine war, was killed.
In a video shared by Russian military correspondent Alexander Simonov on Telegram, Yevgeny Prigozhin is shown inspecting a body, and what he said are US identification documents.
“Here we have veteran Nicholas, we will hand him over to the United States of America, put him in a coffin, cover him with the American flag with respect, because he did not die in bed as a grandfather, but died in the war and, most likely, with dignity,” Prigozhin said.
US officials have not yet responded to the claims.
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