Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of the Prigozhin crash victims and nothing struck the plane from outside.
Unresolvable Claimed by Government of Russia on 5 October 2023.
The statement
At the Valdai forum in Sochi, President Putin said the head of the Investigative Committee had told him fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the Prigozhin crash and that there had been no external impact on the plane; he gave no detail on how grenades could have detonated on board.
- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2023-10-05) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-rr6j records the crash and that Russian investigators had not established its cause; the record holds no independent forensic findings on grenade fragments or an external impact. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-b2m7, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-b2m7/