Russia Reports Discovery of 'Flight Data Recorder Equipment from Prigozhin's Plane'

Russia announced that it has found 'flight data recorder equipment' and ten bodies at the site of Prigozhin's plane crash. The Russian news agency TASS reported that the flight data recorders have been retrieved from the crash site of the aircraft that led to the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the commander of the Wagner mercenaries, while forensic experts are conducting DNA tests to identify the ten victims of the incident. Reports indicate that among the ten bodies found, the remains of Yevgeny Prigozhin have been identified and confirmed by inspectors from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency. The passenger jet carrying Prigozhin crashed on Wednesday while flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg, killing all ten occupants. While there is much speculation about the circumstances of the plane's crash, a Kremlin spokesperson previously stated that claims the Russian government ordered Prigozhin's assassination are 'absolutely false.' Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported: 'Like previous deaths of Vladimir Putin's rivals, Moscow is likely to create confusion about who killed Prigozhin. Russian state media are presenting conflicting possibilities, ranging from blaming Ukraine to suggesting that a rival of Prigozhin planted a bomb on his plane.' Yevgeny Prigozhin, the 62-year-old leader of the Wagner mercenaries, led an armed rebellion on July 3 of this year, advancing his forces from the Ukrainian border to within 200 kilometers of Moscow, but ended his rebellion against Vladimir Putin following a deal brokered by Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus. Initial U.S. assessments of how Prigozhin was killed; Putin expressed condolences. Biden's reaction to the crash of the Wagner group leader's plane: I was not surprised by his death. The story of the 'controversial Wagner commander' ends; Prigozhin's death confirmed. Reports of the founder of the Wagner mercenaries being killed in a plane crash in Russia. Two Russian news agencies: General Armageddon removed from the position of commander of the Russian Air Force. The British Ministry of Defense: The Kremlin may no longer financially support the Wagner group.