A private Embraer Legacy aircraft carrying Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in Tver Region, killing all 10 people on board.
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A private Embraer Legacy aircraft travelling from Moscow to Saint Petersburg crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver Region, killing all 10 people on board.
Unconfirmed reports suggest the plane may have been shot down by a Russian air defense missile.
FlightRadar24 data shows the aircraft levelled off at 28,000 feet and made erratic ascents and descents in its final minute before speed dropped to 8,000 feet per minute at 18:19 local time
The Grey Zone Telegram channel claimed Prigozhin's plane was shot down by air defence fire
Russian authorities are considering a terrorist attack on board as a line of enquiry regarding the crash
The VCHK-OGPU Telegram channel reported that the bodies of Prigozhin and his deputy Utkin had been found and identified
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