There are multiple contradictory theories within the US government about the cause of the plane crash.
from Moscow to St. Petersburg – but it doesn’t appear that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, according to US officials.
A third US official confirmed to the news agency that there were a number of theories and no definitive conclusion had been reached. The purported death of the mercenary chief two months to the day after his short-lived rebellion against Russia’s top military brass sparked a flurry of speculations, with some supporters of the Wagner Group claiming that the jet was shot out of the sky by a Russian air defense missile.that had been gifted to Prigozhin and loaded onto the jet just before takeoff caused the crash.
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