There were seven people on board the Embraer business jet at the time of the accident. According to preliminary data, they all died.
In the Tver region of Russia on Wednesday, August 23, the plane of PMC leader Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed. This was reported by the Russian media.
The plane crashed in the Bologovsky district of the Tver region. The Embraer business jet crashed. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
Russian journalist Oleg Bocharov reported on Telegram that the business jet of the head of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed. “Intrigue. Prigozhin’s business jet crashed. Everyone died. But whether Prigozhin was there is still unclear. The night stopped being weak,” he wrote.
The Telegram channel Baza also reported that the plane belonged to the leader of the Wagnerites.
“According to preliminary data, a plane with tail number RA-02795 crashed in the Tver region. It belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin,” the report said.
According to eyewitnesses, it appears that the plane was shot down. First, there were two explosions, then the business jet began to crash.
The propaganda publication TASS, citing the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, reported that 10 people died as a result of the plane crash. According to Russian journalists, the business jet was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
The media, citing the Federal Air Transport Agency, wrote that Prigozhin was among the passengers on the plane.
Recall that on August 21, the leader of the Wagnerites recorded a video from Africa and announced the “struggle for the freedom of the continent.”
Source: korrespondent
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