Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead

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CoffeeAddict@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (6 replies)

There is no way this was an accident.

EDIT: This is supposedly Prigozhin’s plane falling out of the sky:

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1694397010680361239/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1694397010680361239¤tTweetUser=maxseddon

EDIT Again - old video/tweet was removed, apparently.

See this link to the Washington Post for the Video:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/plane-allegedly-carrying-wagners-prigozhin-crashes/2023/08/23/dfa2360c-8779-40e7-820a-be3e45d0feda_video.html

theinspectorst@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (5 replies)

The moment he turned around his march to Moscow, this became inevitable.

CoffeeAddict@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Yeah, I am honestly surprised it took this long. I thought it would have happened sooner.

Now, I suppose we wait to see if there is a response from the rest of Wagner…

theinspectorst@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Does Wagner even practically exist anymore? I thought they'd been integrated into the wider Russian military after the rebellion.

CoffeeAddict@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Not sure - they are/were mercenaries, after all.

Here is a Twitter link to what is supposedly his plane falling out of the sky:

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1694397010680361239/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1694397010680361239¤tTweetUser=maxseddon

EDIT the old video/tweet was removed, apparently.

See this link to the Washington Post for the Video:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/plane-allegedly-carrying-wagners-prigozhin-crashes/2023/08/23/dfa2360c-8779-40e7-820a-be3e45d0feda_video.html

nergal@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Dead link

CoffeeAddict@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

Thanks for letting me know. I updated the link with a new one to the Washington Post showing the same video.

StupidFatRat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Wow what an awfully high window for poor pringles to fall out of

nbafantest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Russian billionaires seem to hav a very high death rate