24 août 2023 - Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Press Briefing

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Q: On the plane that was carrying Prighozin that went down in Russia, was it a bomb that took the plane down?

GEN. RYDER: So a couple things. I know there's a lot of interest in this topic. I'll say right up front, first of all, our initial assessment is that it's likely Prighozin was killed. We're continuing to assess the situation. We don't have any information to indicate right now the press reporting stating that there was some type of surface-to-air missile that took down the plane that -- we assess that information to be inaccurate. Again, nothing to indicate -- no information to suggest that there was a surface-to-air missile. But beyond that, I'm really just not going to have any further information.

Q: But was it something that came internal from inside the plane?

GEN. RYDER: Again, I don't have any additional insight to provide on that. Thank you.

Oren?

Q: I just want to check the first thing you said. "Our initial assessment is that it's likely Prighozin was killed." You mean killed intentionally, although this may well have been an assassination?

GEN. RYDER: Killed in this airplane...

Q: Oh, that he...

GEN. RYDER: ... crash.

Q: ... was on board? And what leads you to believe that? What information do you have that suggests that was on board? Or is this based on the fact that you have no reason to doubt Russian reports?

GEN. RYDER: Yeah, 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.

Q: But not just based on Russian statements, I would imagine?

GEN. RYDER: Based on a variety of factors. Thank you.

Missy?

Q: Just have two clarifications, and then I have a question. Just to make sure that I understood the answer to Oren's follow-up, so you guys are not willing to say that you believe it was an assassination attempt? You're just being neutral on that right now?

GEN. RYDER: Look, we're continuing to assess the situation. I'm not going to have any further information on how or why the airplane crashed.

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