<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday offered "condolences" over a plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, calling him as a man who made mistakes but "achieved results." The statement comes as a probe is currently underway into what caused Wednesday's crash, which came exactly two months after Wagner's short-lived rebellion against Moscow's military leadership. "First of all I want to express words of sincere condolences to the families of all the victims," Putin said in a televised meeting, calling the crash a "tragedy", as quoted by news agency AFP.</p> <p>"I knew Prigozhin for a very long time, since the early 90s. He was a man of complicated fate, and he made serious mistakes in his life, but he achieved the right results," Putin added.</p> <p>He said that an investigation had been launched into the crash, and that "it will take some time."</p> <p>"It will be conducted in full and brought to a conclusion. There is no doubt about that," Putin said, in footage showing a meeting with the Russian-installed head of the Donetsk region Denis Pushilin.</p> <p>The circumstances of the crash, which claimed the lives of some of Prigozhin's close entourage, have prompted furious speculation about a possible assassination.</p>
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