other wagner figures were listed on the plane s manifest. citing early intelligence tonight, pentagon officials say it s more likely that prigozhin was likely killed. they do believe it was deliberate. russian investigators have recovered ten bodies and flight recorders from the site. cnn s international correspondent ivan watson has covered the war in ukraine and president putin himself extensively. ivan, we ve got these flight recorders now, but they re in the hands of russian investigators. what is the latest on the work being done tonight? and will we ever really find out what s on these black boxes? reporter: well, that will all be in the hands of the russian authorities to reveal that. yevgeny prigozhin is presumed dead. he was on the flight manifest, as were several of his top lieutenants from the wagner mercenary group. there are already memorials that
progression into other kim wagner figures were listed on the manifest. pentagon officials say it s more likely that progression was indeed killed. u.s. and western intelligence officials also tell cnn they do believe that it was deliberate. russian investigators have recovered 10 bodies, they say, and flight recorders from the site, and they are now carrying out dna tests. senior international correspondent ivan watson has covered the war in ukraine and resident put himself. they have the flight recorders, but they are in the hands of russian investigators. what is the latest? will we ever find out what is on these black boxes? that will all be in the hands of the russian authorities to reveal that. yevgeny prigozhin is presumed dead. he was on the flight manifest as were several of his top lieutenants from the wagner mercenary group.
all we have heard before this was the russian aviation authority saying that he was on a flight manifest and was presumed dead. what s interesting is not only does the statement from putin the fact that he felt compelled to make it, also that it was not it is relatively flattering. he complimented prigozhin s efforts to work with the russian military in carrying out operations. putin talked about how he was tasked with working for the nation and that he had done that. no mention in the transcripts i have seen so far of the mutiny itself, no mention that putin considered him a traitor. instead, talking about him being a talented businessman who had this operation abroad and a complicated past and complicated fate. what exactly the mystery is, how did he die? how did this plane go down? there are some conflicting
crossed was a red line that may have cost him his life once these reports are confirmed. he came at the king and he missed, as the general said. attempted to take moscow, leading thousands of fighters from southern russia where many mercenaries had come out of ukraine and it embarrassed russian president putin, putin called it an armed rebellion that had to be crushed and appears he waited just about two months to do so and take out the leader of the wagner group. john: to your earlier point, trey, the flight manifest said ten on board, so far reports eight bodies have been found, so still a discrepancy of two there. who knows exactly what the story is, and again, all of this from russian media, none absolutely confirmed by western sources at this point. so, we ll keep watching this closely. trey, thank you. appreciate your reporting. sandra: kurt volker joining us, former u.s. ambassador to
we don t trust sources because we don t trust humans. we trust data. berlincat is an organization of digital nerds. most of us have almost autistic fascination with numbers. every time you use your email, make a doctor s appointment, take a train or plane, every time you take the atm or look at the screen of your phone that leaves a trace. in a place like russia imagine the person who works at the travel agency that has access to the five manifests, getting $25 a day as a salary and then for another 25 they would be able to sell that flight manifest to anybody who asks for it. just because they will double their income for the day. this is a whole industry. data brokers are on the dark web. you negotiate a price and within a few minutes they say, yeah, i can get that data for you by tomorrow, and then you have to