Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
bbc.co.uk
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Lotta windows in airplanes.

Tragically the plane crashed into a surface to air missile.

Edit: yeah, this is actually what happened, no subtlety here, damn.

Like, fucking literally.

"Crash" my ass, BBC, you say it got shot down in the article, how is that not a more accurate and sensational headline?

"Prigozhin got blown the fuck up, like everyone knew he would the moment he pussed out, the Nazi coward."

Technically, they just say that a Wagner linked Telegram channel said it got shot down. They're probably waiting for better proof/additional sources before they take the full step of saying it was shot down themselves (at which point I think it'd get added to the headline).

Because the only source for that (at present) is the Wagner Group, who have a (dead) dog in the fight and are not bastions of truth. NYT will be trying to confirm it before saying so.

Do they have a dog in this? Last I heard they were getting executed in the field if they showed support for the coup.

So he fell out of a window created by a surface to air missile.

Damn, so he started the uprising again, beginning by brutally slamming a plane into a defenseless russian SAM? /s