somebody broader military structure or led by somebody else, somebody who they would somebody else, somebody who they would have accepted in order to carry would have accepted in order to carry on would have accepted in order to carry on those operations, may be under carry on those operations, may be under a carry on those operations, may be undera different brand. carry on those operations, may be under a different brand. under a different brand. frank, in reaard to under a different brand. frank, in regard to the under a different brand. frank, in regard to the wagner under a different brand. frank, in regard to the wagner group, - under a different brand. frank, in regard to the wagner group, a i under a different brand. frank, in . regard to the wagner group, a group you have studied in depth, and also with ukraine, where does this leave the ukrainian situation and the ukrainian war? will they see this as potentially positive? i ukrainian war? will they see this as po
in 2014, russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. at that time he said. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently, there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa with the eu accusing the group of committing torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings. and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but, as wagner s death toll grew, so did prigozhin s fury. expressed first in video rants and then in a short lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the mutineers as traitors.
was seen as a potential threat to the kremlin- was seen as a potential threat to the kremlin. we haven t got much time left. the kremlin. we haven t got much time left- just the kremlin. we haven t got much time left. just then, the kremlin. we haven t got much time left. just then, if the kremlin. we haven t got much time left. just then, if i the kremlin. we haven t got much time left. just then, if i could - time left. just then, if i could come to you and ask you for your thoughts on whether this might have an impact more widely on the ukraine war. i an impact more widely on the ukraine war. ~ . , an impact more widely on the ukraine war. ~ ., , , an impact more widely on the ukraine war. ~ ., , war. i think frank s point is good, that these war. i think frank s point is good, that these fighters war. i think frank s point is good, that these fighters were - war. i think frank s point is good, that these fighters were removed | that these fighters were removed alreadv
to crash near moscow killing ten people including, its reported, the leader of the mercenary group wagner, yevgeny prigozhin? prigozhin and his deputy dmitry utkin are presumed to have died. the bodies are yet to be identified. amidst huge speculation over what s happened, the kremlin and vladimir putin have remained silent. we ll be asking what this means for the war in ukraine, for the wagner group, and also for the russian leadership. also on the programme: the government has ordered an independent inquiry into the handling of the andrew malkinson case. his conviction for rape was quashed after 17 years in prison the number of people in the uk waiting for a decision on their asylum claim has risen to a record high, latest figures show. i got igotan i got an eight in polish! there s jubilation and inevitably disappointment as hundreds of thousands of pupils get their gsce results in england,