No indication Prigozhin plane downed by surface-to-air missile, says Pentagon

The Pentagon has no indication that the plane carrying Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, a representative has said.

‘We assess that information to be inaccurate,’ Patrick S Ryder said of press reports that the Embraer plane was hit by surface-to-air missiles.

He also said the Pentagon thought it was likely that Prigozhin was dead but did not confirm this
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