DNA testing confirmed that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those aboard the jet that crashed outside Moscow on Wednesday, Russia says.
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"As part of the investigation of the plane crash in the Tver region, molecular-genetic examinations have been completed," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement."According to their results, the identities of all 10 dead were established. They correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet."
Russian investigators say that DNA testing confirms that Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard the small jet the crashed outside Moscow under mysterious circumstances last week.comes just months after he led a stop-and-go insurrection against Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime earlier this year. Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, expressed anger at how his forces had been used and treated and ordered a march on Moscow.
U.S. officials said Thursday that they believed Prigozhin was aboard the aircraft, though they said there was no evidence of a missile strike against the plane.Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the U.S. would not comment on whether Prigozhin's death was part of a deliberate assassination.
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