Prigozhin plane crashes, killing all on board

[George K]

A window would have been cheaper, less messy.

Hell, even polonium...

[Darth Putin]

[George K]

"Finally, your air defences are working."

[George K]

Lots of videos out there, purporting to show the doomed plane falling. Another one shows wreckage with bodies. One of the photos has a tail number which coincides with a private jet that was owned by Prigozhin.

[Mik]

Not difficult to believe he got shot down had a plane crash.

[LuFins Dad]

Wait, what did I have in the pool?

[Axtremus]

Any blaming of Ukraine yet?

[Doctor Phibes]

I'm withholding judgement until I hear Tucker Carlson's opinion on this.

[Renauda]

In last 24 hours Putin sacks Surovikin and Prigozhin meets with a terminal misfortune in an aircraft crash.

Wish I could feel sorry.

[Mik]

Putin may well need a private army one day soon.

[George K]

[Renauda]

It just struck me while I was preparing dinner…

The fiery plane crash; a perfectly orchestrated Gottendamerung for the finale of the Leader of the so Russian sounding “Wagner Gruppen”.

How more Wagnerian can you get?

[Renauda]

Not much here but Putin breaks his silence over crash and Prigozhin’s death.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66599774?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64e786a396ad8677126af6f5%26Putin breaks silence - and other developments%262023-08-24T16%3A44%3A45.173Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:3a1d01de-450d-4dde-805e-08d03197ab3f&pinned_post_asset_id=64e786a396ad8677126af6f5&pinned_post_type=share

[George K]

[Mik]

@Renauda said in Prigozhin plane crashes, killing all on board:

Not much here but Putin breaks his silence over crash and Prigozhin’s death.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66599774?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64e786a396ad8677126af6f5%26Putin breaks silence - and other developments%262023-08-24T16%3A44%3A45.173Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:3a1d01de-450d-4dde-805e-08d03197ab3f&pinned_post_asset_id=64e786a396ad8677126af6f5&pinned_post_type=share

"he made serious mistakes in his life"

That's an understatement.

[Renauda]

A well presented analysis in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s incident:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/why-putin-wanted-prigozhin-dead?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_posts&utm_campaign=tw_daily_soc

[Renauda]

Putin’s nightmare:

https://www.theonion.com/yevgeny-prigozhin-leads-army-of-25-000-undead-toward-kr-1850775179

[Mik]

I so wish that were true.

[taiwan_girl]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.

Experts investigating the crash found no indication the private jet had suffered an "external impact," he said. Prigozhin and two of his top lieutenants of the Wagner private military contractor were among the 10 people killed when the jet came down as it flew from Moscow to St. Petersburgh.

Very convenient.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203948340/russia-putin-grenade-prigozhin-wager-plane-crash

[George K]

I would probably believe that the plane caught on fire because of "careless smoking" more than that ridiculous comment.