Reuters: The US believes that Prigozhin’s plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile

In the United States, it is believed that the business jet, which allegedly carried the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

Two American officials told Reuters about this. According to them, it is assumed that the missile was fired from Russian territory. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, emphasized that this information is still preliminary and is being verified.

that the plane could have been shot down by a missile reported Earlier, the Gray Zone telegram channel associated with Wagner PMC . Military experts also considered a missile hit as one of the possibilities.

CNN showed a radar image of the crash site of a business jet. Based on this, journalists came to the conclusion that the fuselage of the plane was practically intact when the plane crashed into the ground.

• in the Tver region crashed On the evening of August 23 , a business jet , which, according to media reports, belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin. The crash killed all 10 people on board. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, the list of passengers also included the founder of the Wagner PMC.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the families of the victims. He noted that among the passengers were PMC employees who “made a significant contribution” to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Speaking about Prigozhin, Putin said that he “was a man of difficult fate” who achieved “the desired results.”
• The Investigative Committee is investigating the plane crash under an article on violation of traffic safety rules and operation of air transport. RBC reported that the investigation is considering different versions of the business jet crash, including “external influence.”