Pentagon Dismisses Missile Theory For Prigozhin Jet Crash

Yevgeny Prigozhin in Ukraine in May 2023
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An initial U.S. military assessment has concluded that Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin likely died in an aircraft crash inside Russia on Aug. 23, but the aircraft was not shot down by a surface-to-air missile, a Pentagon spokesman says. “It’s likely Prigozhin was killed,” Brig. Gen...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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