Initial US intelligence reports suggest the plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin was not downed by a surface-to-air missile, according to people briefed on the findings.
US officials are still working on the assumption that the plane was brought down on the orders of Vladimir Putin, even as Russia’s president broke his silence on the crash to laud Prigozhin’s record as leader of the Wagner paramilitary group.
Putin said Wagner had “made a significant contribution to our common cause, the fight against Nazism in Ukraine” — a reference to Russia’s invasion of its neighbour.
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