The crash raises questions about the future of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army, which fought alongside Russian troops in Ukraine before his June uprising.
No reports of explosions nor videos of the alleged attack in Moscow's center appeared until the Kremlin announced it, 12 hours after the purported strike.
Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States deeper into the former Soviet republic’s conflict.