Prigozhin had himself filmed a week ago in the plane, which he said had just returned from an air raid on the hard-fought city of Bachmut. He was wearing a helmet and a pilot’s mask. “We landed. We bombed Bachmut,” he claimed. He immediately challenged President Zelensky to climb into a fighter jet himself and engage in a dogfight with him.
LOOK. In this video, Prigozhin challenged Zelensky to a dogfight, in the plane that was later attacked
He himself will now have to look for another aircraft, because the Sukhoi Su-24 from the video was shot down by Ukraine today. That says Prigozhin on the Telegram messaging service.
“Indeed, it was this aircraft that was attacked from the ground today by enemy air defense systems. The pilot performed a miracle, landed the burning aircraft and completed the combat mission. Technicians are currently repairing the aircraft. All credit to the pilot.”
