Russia Confirms Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash

A Russian emergency services helicopter flies over the site of the crash of a private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, in the Tver region, Russia, Thursday. (REUTERS/Anton Vaganov)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash.

The committee said in a statement Sunday that after forensic testing, all 10 bodies recovered at the site of the crash were identified, and their identities “conform to the manifest.”

Russia’s civil aviation authority last week said Prigozhin, along with some of his top lieutenants, were on the list of those on board the plane that crashed Wednesday.

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