The father of the pilot who died during the mutiny supported Putin’s decision to close the case

The father of the pilot who died during the armed rebellion of the private military company “Wagner” supported Vladimir Putin’s decision to close the criminal case against PMC head Yevgeny Prigozhin.

“If the president gave the word about closing the case, then it is fair,” ASTRA quoted Andrey Babayev, the father of 24-year-old helicopter pilot Kirill Babayev.

At the same time, Babaev Sr. said that they did not allow him to identify his son’s body, he said that “there is nothing to identify.” He also reported that two more crew members died along with Kirill. “They were hit, burned, fell from a great height,” Andrey Babaev explained.

• On June 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his subordinate private military company “Wagner” attempted an armed rebellion against the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the department’s plans to disband the PMC. A column of several thousand armed Wagner soldiers entered Rostov-on-Don, the second column moved to Moscow. In a day, the fighters managed to walk 780 kilometers, and in fact did not meet any resistance. At the same time, several helicopters and one plane of the Ministry of Defense, which, according to Prigozhin, were trying to bomb the convoy were shot down. The crews of the ships died. Vladimir Putin accused the PMC of treason, and a criminal case of armed rebellion was initiated against the head of the company.
• By the evening of June 24, it became known about the negotiations between Prigozhin and the authoritarian leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. As a result, the advance of the “Wagner” columns towards Moscow was stopped, and Vladimir Putin promised in return to stop the pursuit of the rebels.