Military analyst Sean Bell describes how key features of the video footage of the crash help explain what might have happened to the aircraft which apparently had mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on board.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on 'plane that crashed killing all 10 on board' - but death yet to be confirmedBell highlights what appears to be a trail of smoke coming from the wreckage of the plane, around halfway into its descent."It's a large quantity, that is a massive damage to the aircraft that's caused that," he adds.
The fourth point to note is that other pictures from the crash site show a wing"distinctly separate", he adds. "The trouble with that theory is that generally speaking, [an explosion] inside an aircraft blows it out and therefore probably wouldn't take a wing off, whereas a surface-to-air missile system or an air-to-air missile system generally tries to seek out the juiciest, meatiest part of an aircraft, and that is where the wing spar joins the main aircraft.
"Tellingly, it was a couple of days ago where we saw the last video image of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a field, potentially in Africa, alone. He wasn't surrounded by anybody else.
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