presume the intelligence agencies are looking very closely to ensure this isn t some sort of russian false flag operation. absolutely. this is something false flag operation. absolutely. this is something that false flag operation. absolutely. this is something that russia i false flag operation. absolutely. this is something that russia is | false flag operation. absolutely. i this is something that russia is no stranger to. where we might see something presented to us but it might be something the kremlin is constructing to justify a future action down the line. there are questions raised when a country like russia where you can speak ill of the invasion of ukraine efface 25 years in prison and yet yevgeny prigozhin could balance an arm rebellion, fail and be alarm dues aloud seem to roam free. he was seen briefly in st. petersburg a few weeks ago. we saw him in an apparent video in africa. we weren t able to locate the location. he certainly been able to adopt less of a profile
globally, notably with the main partner china. there is a fragility there, which is being welcomed here in ukraine. you just talked about the list of unknowns so far. i think until anyone hears confirmation from one of yevgeny prigozhin s wagner channels or himself, someone who isn t shy at putting out a video dead and i don t think people will believe it fully. but there s a lot of willing here in ukraine, let s put it like that. the of willing here in ukraine, let s put it like that. the spokesman for the british government put it like that. the spokesman for the british government set - put it like that. the spokesman for the british government set in - put it like that. the spokesman for the british government set in the i the british government set in the few minutes we are monitoring the situation closely. 0ne few minutes we are monitoring the situation closely. one of the reports from moscow was the plane fell out of the sky with one of the wings missing. clearly, given yevgen
the war in syria where wagner plays a role. maybe that was a consideration. i thought it very odd way in which prigozhin turned up at this african summit. i don t know if you can get the pictures up at the ones i ve seen he was wearing jeans, which is a very interesting sign, about contempt for putin. normally you put on your best clothes for the when you are going to an important meeting with the top man for that prigozhin was dressed in a way that look pretty casual. i thought that was quite striking. i think there were a lot of currents going on. prigozhin had a lot of other enemies as well, he wasn tjust putin he s been fighting a civil war against the general staff and the people there who had many bones to pick with him. he also had other rivals and adversaries as well. i think there will be many people who will be pleased that he s gone even if they don t all agree about who should pick over the carcass.
a very good question. he was the founder of what was a long time regarded as a private military company in the face of kremlin denials that it was in agency of the russian state. in the wake of the coup that prigozhin led two months ago today as you mentioned, vladimir putin has come out and said in fact the wagner group was always completely funded by the state. and certainly the state backing being something suspected. 0n certainly the state backing being something suspected. on that basis you can imagine that the continuation of wagner will go on. we know that some of the private mercenaries who were loyal to prigozhin opted to take the offer made by putin in the wake of the coup to go to belarus to stop the
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. we can t confirm yet that mr prigozhin was killed. we know according to the authorities he was on the list of passengers of the plane that crashed. it s of the plane that crashed. not ust the anniversary yevgeny it s not just the anniversary of yevgeny prigozhin sku is also the in which yevgeny prigozhin sku is also the in which a yevgeny prigozhin sku is also the in which atop yevgeny prigozhin sku is also the in which a top russian general who previously in charge of russian forces previously in charge of russian forces in previously in charge of russian forces in route two ukraine may have been involved in that mutiny was also relieved of command. this really underscores relieved of command. this really underscores the relieved of command. this really underscores the stakes, - relieved of command. this really underscores the stakes, the - relieved of command. this really l underscores the stakes, th