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UPD: According to the reports, Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed among the passengers. According to unconfirmed reports, Dmitry Utkin with the call-sign “Wagner”, warlord of the Wagner PMC was also killed.
It is reported that another aircraft of Prigozhin is currently maneuvering over Moscow.
On August 23, an aircraft crashed in the Bologovsky district of the Russian Tver region. According to preliminary reports, the accident resulted in deaths of 10 people. Probably none of the passengers survived the incident. Sources close to the Wagner Group claim that the aircraft was shot down by Russian air defence forces.
According to the local reports, the aircraft was an Embraer 600 business jet with the tail number RA-02795. This aircraft reportedly belonged to the team of Yevgeny Prigozhin and was repeatedly seen in Belarus.
The jet was flying from Moscow and it disappeared in the Tver region.
Footage from the spot confirm that smoke was seen on board. The locals claimed that two explosions thundered before the aircraft crashed.
