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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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WHO Says Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Disease Kills 8 in Tanzania

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
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WHO Says Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Disease Kills 8 in Tanzania

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo

The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania.
“We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 people who have died,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. “We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves,” The Associated Press quoted him as saying.
Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets.
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and in some cases death from extreme blood loss. There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg.
WHO said its risk assessment for the suspected outbreak in Tanzania is high at national and regional levels but low globally. There was no immediate comment from Tanzanian health authorities.
An outbreak of Marburg in Rwanda, first reported on Sept. 27, was declared over on Dec. 20. Rwandan officials reported a total of 15 deaths and 66 cases, with the majority of those affected healthcare workers who handled the first patients.