The first- and second-place winning pilots likely crashed at the National Air Race Championships, possibly because of a blind spot, glare or loss of focus.
The crash raises questions about the future of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army, which fought alongside Russian troops in Ukraine before his June uprising.
A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment found the crash presumed to have killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion.