Prigozhin’s Embraer Legacy 600 jet was flying from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, when it crashed during the climb in the Tver region, north of Moscow.
The Embraer Legacy 600 private jet belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner Private Military Company that attempted a coup against Putin, crashed just crashed near Moscow. The aircraft, which was also visible on FlightRadar24 with the registration RA-02795, was climbing over the Tver region while enroute from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. The jet was seen falling from the sky almost vertically engulfed in smoke and, apparently, without a wing.
⚡️ Самолёт, который разбился в Тверской области, принадлежит Евгению Пригожину, утверждают издание Baza и журналистка Ксения Собчак. На борту бизнес-джета Embraer, как утверждается, были 7 человек, они погибли.
Видео: соцсети pic.twitter.com/EzyZ3PbVT8
— ЭХО (@echofm_online) August 23, 2023
Another video of Prigozhin’s Embraer Legacy 600 jet burning in Tver Oblast after the crash. Prigozhin and 10 other people including Dmitry Utkin reportedly have been killed pic.twitter.com/h7khi3sRa7
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) August 23, 2023
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The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said that Prigozhin was among the ten people on board, according to the flight manifest that mentioned seven passengers and three crewmembers. Among the passengers there was also Prigozhin’s right-hand man, Dmytro Utkin. Russian officials said they will open an investigation.
ADS-B data via @flightradar24 on Prigozhin’s Legacy 600, RA-02795, that went down in Tver Oblast after departing Moscow. pic.twitter.com/A010rXCvpR
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 23, 2023
Grey Zone(Wagner’s Telegram channel) has already accused Russian Ministry of Defense in shooting the jet down pic.twitter.com/uWkj6hE3D4
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) August 23, 2023
Russian Telegram Channel Grey Zone, linked to Wagner, says that the jet was shot down by the Russian Air Defenses. Locals residents claimed they’d heard “two large explosions” before the het plummeted from the sky. Some reports mention that so far only four bodies have been found at the crash site, leading to many hypotheses.
We will update this story as more details become available.
