ok what the fuck is happening in ukraine

Reports coming in that Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed near Tver. Not completely clear whether Russia or Ukraine took it down.

According to the Russian Aviation Authority, Prigozhin was among the passengers of the plane. https://t.co/w6uqNGJckh

— Aric Toler (@AricToler) August 23, 2023

Seems almost certain to have been Russia.

Poor plane fell out of a hospital window.

pilot was poisoned

shocking development

ah weird

seemed inevitable something like this would happen. hopefully not too many civilians onboard

seemed inevitable something like this would happen. hopefully not too many civilians onboard

https://tenor.com/bh7A9.gif

looks to have been a private plane, maybe ten onboard?

the day the coup-zic died

should have driven to moscow *taps forehead*

Well I never, what are the chances... well pretty high actually.

i personally wouldnt do business with putin thats just me

imagine being one of the passengers and you see Prigozhin is on the same flight. I would ne off that plane in ten seconds.

look this is a huge loss to the mercenary community

touchable

Seven onboard but plane owned by Prigozhin so idk if likely to be anything you could plausibly call a civilian.

Had the pleasure of meeting Yevgeny Prigozhin in a torture chamber once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

a big fan of DJ Sprinkles, I've heard from a pal.

look forward to the biopic about this complicated and flawed individual. hope it opens with his hand grazing listlessly across the tops of wheat as he walks across the steppe, into the sunrise.

rest in (failed grasp for) power

the saddest thing is the world may never get a full answer to "what the fuck was you thinking?"

Heaven needed a chef-warlord.

even more down to earth now

(or else quietly retired happy and safe to south america, martin bormann his ageing neighbour etc)

Лол, лмао

RIH big man (also holy shit)

I think we're going to need an international investigation into why it took Putin so long to do this

there's a video out there supposedly showing this from afar, a very shaky one.

I think we're going to need an international investigation into why it took Putin so long to do this

― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, August 23, 2023 1:41 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

prob wanted to wait til prigozhin was starting to feel like things were going to be ok

xpost any visible space lasers?

I’m sorry but that photo of him on CNN looks like someone gave a camo hat and a gun to either Statler or Waldorf.

I guess that might be down to how the official line plays out (needed time to engineer an ‘accident’, etc).

no space lasers but a leisurely smoking fall from a great height into what was hopefully an unoccupied area.

the wagner operation in africa is important to russia and theres no guarantee the government will just be able to keep it running, which was one theory as to why prigozhin was still walking around, but i guess putin feels like thats not as important as balancing the ledger

he was hiding in his underground mercenary clubhouse for ages, with no windows, no balconies

An eyewitness talking as the plane literally is still falling from the sky notes that there were two explosions before the plane started following, matching other testimonies given to Russian media.https://t.co/FPtOFw1RY1 pic.twitter.com/CYRYcleKhZ

— Aric Toler (@AricToler) August 23, 2023

a moments silence at BRICS 15, this is michael tracey reporting

Dmitry Utkin also apparently onboard, another Wagner big shot.

poor choice of words there

reliability warning -- this is julia ioffe

Some Telegram channels associated with Wagner are saying that there’s a second Prigozhin plane, now zig-zagging over Moscow, and that Prigozhin might be on it. Wishful thinking? https://t.co/nL2oqQvI4S

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 23, 2023

Conspiracy Twitter deciding that Prigozhin faked his own death, citing as evidence that his Wikipedia entry already lists him as dead. Do you guys not know how fast Wiki Death Ghouls are?

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000270571664-lygkdn-t500x500.jpg

schrodinger's wiki entry

I was honestly sceptical that they'd off him so soon, as it'd be too obvious that it was an assassination. I was wrong!

They got Statler Prigozhin, but they forgot about Waldorf Prigozhin

cia finally got one right

"Putin is someone who generally thinks that revenge is a dish best served cold."

CIA Director William Burns advises mutiny leader Yevgeny Prigozhin not to fire his food taster as "Putin is the ultimate apostle of payback". pic.twitter.com/8k6glRybc9

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 21, 2023

He just died? Wow. I didn’t know that. You are telling me now for the first time. He led an amazing life. What else can you say. Whether you agreed or not, he was an amazing man who led an amazing life. I am actually sad to hear that. I am sad to hear that. pic.twitter.com/mM2JeLXbEe

— forcefemmed calvinist (@Sharon_Kuruvila) August 23, 2023

This is me, being sad.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4O7sCcagAA_R1S?format=jpg&name=medium

this former Russian special forces officer guy had loads of nazi tattoos, nowt stranger than volk