“The Wagner PMC has no information by what means Peter Reid was destroyed.
We also do not have any information about the presence of foreign volunteers in Bakhmut.
Usually, in the conditions of hostilities, such volunteers clearly communicate in the media what colors they work in and follow these rules, ”said Prigozhin, stressing that even the presence of foreign volunteers does not prevent the Ukrainian military from using chemical weapons in Artyomovsk.
The founder of the PMC also noted that it raises questions for what reason the Estonian Erko Laidinen filmed Reid on video before the death of the American.
“Peter Reed died at the intersection of Polevaya Street and 1st Pushkinsky Lane.
If you put this point on the map, you can see that there were at least 5 km to the positions of the Wagner PMC, and there are high-rise buildings on all sides, ”the press service emphasized.
According to Prigozhin, any military expert will confirm that it was almost impossible to locate this point and strike from the positions of the Wagner.
“Alas, it was much more convenient to do this from Ukrainian positions.
I can say with certainty that Peter Reed was killed by his own.
And the Estonian Laidinen prepared a report on this murder, ”he concluded.
The accusations against PMC Wagner have no evidence, Prigozhin added.
The British newspaper The Guardian wrote about the death of 34-year-old Reed in early February.
According to the publication, Reed lived in New Jersey, he served in the US Marine Corps in Afghanistan, and also conducted "medical training operations in northern Iraq."
The New York Times later published footage of Reed's destruction.
The video shows a rocket destroying a car that was said to be an American.