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Pentagon: No Indication to Support Missile Strike Theory for Prigozhin Plane Crash

Flowers and military patches associated with the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24 (Reuters)
Flowers and military patches associated with the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24 (Reuters)
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Pentagon: No Indication to Support Missile Strike Theory for Prigozhin Plane Crash

Flowers and military patches associated with the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24 (Reuters)
Flowers and military patches associated with the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24 (Reuters)

The US Department of Defense on Thursday said it believes Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was “likely” killed in a plane crash outside Moscow on Wednesday.

At the same time, it said there was currently no information to suggest that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane presumed to be carrying the Russian mercenary leader.

Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Thursday: “I’m not going to go into the specifics of how we gather information other than again, our initial assessment, based on a variety of factors, is that he was likely killed.”

He offered no evidence or further details on what US officials believe caused the crash, which Russian authorities said killed 10 people, including seven passengers and three crew members.

Ryder said: “We don't have any information to indicate right now there was some type of surface to air missile that took down the plane,” adding that the Pentagon assessed that information to be inaccurate.

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EU's Von der Leyen Announces 500 Mln Euro Package to Lure Top Researchers to Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the "Choose Europe for Science" conference at the amphitheater of the Sorbonne University in Paris, on May 5, 2025. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes / POOL / AFP)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the "Choose Europe for Science" conference at the amphitheater of the Sorbonne University in Paris, on May 5, 2025. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes / POOL / AFP)
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EU's Von der Leyen Announces 500 Mln Euro Package to Lure Top Researchers to Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the "Choose Europe for Science" conference at the amphitheater of the Sorbonne University in Paris, on May 5, 2025. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes / POOL / AFP)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the "Choose Europe for Science" conference at the amphitheater of the Sorbonne University in Paris, on May 5, 2025. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes / POOL / AFP)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a 500 million euros ($566.6 million) incentive package to boost European science research, as Europe hopes to lure top US scientists disgruntled with President Donald Trump.
"Science is an investment – and we need to offer the right incentives. This is why I can announce that we will put forward a new 500 million euros package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers," she said at a speech in Paris alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.
"We are choosing to put research and innovation, science and technology, at the heart of our economy. We are choosing to be the continent where universities are pillars of our societies and our way of life," she added.
She also said she wanted EU-member states to invest 3% of gross domestic product in research and development by 2030, Reuters reported.
Last month, Macron and Von der Leyen said they would be looking to invite scientists and researchers from the world over to Europe, at a time when Trump's administration is threatening to cut federal funding for Harvard and other US universities.
In April, France also launched the "Choose France for Science" platform, operated by the French National Research Agency (ANR), which enables universities, schools, and research organizations to apply for co-funding from the government to host researchers.