Wagner Group leader and founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly killed Wednesday in a plane crash.
A private business jet went down in the Tver region as it was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, according to Russian state-sponsored media outlet Tass. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations or internationally was cited as the source confirming the crash and number of casualties.A man holds the Russian national flag in front of a Wagner group military vehicle with the sign read as"Rostov" in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023.
The telegram channel Gray Zone, associated with the paramilitary Wagner Group and its mercenaries, wrote that the plane was allegedly shot down by Russian air defense. ⚡️ Самолёт, который разбился в Тверской области, принадлежит Евгению Пригожину, утверждают издание Baza и журналистка Ксения Собчак. На борту бизнес-джета Embraer, как утверждается, были 7 человек, они погибли.
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