caught on camera, the final seconds of a private jet. on board, reportedly, the head of a private mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin. look over there by the farm, it is burning, the eyewitness can be heard saying. in the distance, a giant cloud of smoke. the plane had crashed north of moscow. yevgeny prigozhin s right hand man, the wagner commander, was also thought to have been on board. later, a wagner linked telegram channel confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin had been killed. it claimed it was the result of the actions of traitors of russia. it is two months to the day since the wagner chief launched what he called his march ofjustice, his mutiny, the insurrection by wagner forces who had been fighting on the kremlin s side in ukraine.
a giant cloud of smoke. desantis like crazy, now they have the embraer plane had crashed in the tver region given up on him. it reminded me very of russia, north of moscow. much like 2016. in 20161 went through the same stuff. i had to mr prigozhin s right hand man, fight them all the way, then they wagner commander dmitry utkin, became very friendly after i won. is also thought to have been on board. later, a wagner linked telegram channel confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin had been killed. across the world this month, celebrations marking the 50th it claimed it was the result of anniversary of hip hop. the actions of traitors of russia. it s two months to the day since the wagner chief launched what he called his march ofjustice, nowhere perhaps more his mutiny the insurrection so than in new york by wagner forces who d been fighting where the cultural movement first emerged at a back to school party in an impoverished on the kremlin side in ukraine. neighbourhood in the south bron
televised debate. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the man who led a mutiny against president putin and played a key role with his wagner mercenaries in the war in ukraine, yevgeny prigozhin, appears to have died in a plane crash in russia. this image has been confirmed by bbc verify as being from the crash scene near moscow. it s been confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin was on board the private jet. there s much we still don t know about this story. the uk government says it is monitoring the situation. in the us, president biden has said there s not much that happens in russia that putin s not behind. our russia editor steve rosenberg has this report.
they rolled unopposed into the city of rostov. their demands, the removal of russia s senior military leadership, who they blamed for setbacks on the battlefield. there were these extraordinary scenes as the paramilitary chief admonished russian generals. and then they marched on in the direction of moscow in a direct challenge to the authority of president putin. the kremlin leader called it treachery. russia he said had been stabbed in the back, the mutineers would be punished. but by evening a deal had been done to end the insurrection. even though russian servicemen had been killed, there would be no charges against yevgeny prigozhin and his wagner troops. they would have to leave russia but the agreement left the kremlin looking weak. this was vladimir putin today, commemorating the soviet victory in a famous world war ii battle.
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m monica miller. the headlines: yevgeny prigozhin, head of russia s wagner mercenary group, is presumed dead after a plane that crashed killing all those on board. it s two months since prigozhin challenged president putin, with a short lived mutiny against the regime in moscow. we ll have full analysis. and despite regional opposition, japan prepares to release treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific ocean. trump ally rudy giuliani is arrested and then bailed over alleged election interference. it comes as republican presidential candidates face off for the first