the wagner mercenary group is presumed dead after his plane crashed in the northwest of the country. one agency said it has been told by us officials that they believe that the plane is likely to have been shot down. surface to air missile was fired from inside russia. the bbc cannot verify at the stage and wait or save the official stress that the information is preliminary and under review. have a look at these pictures. these have been confirmed by the verified team and the remains of the plaintiff field of the region. mr prigozhin led a failed mutiny injune. widely seen as a challenge to the authority of vladimir putin. two months later, mr prigozhin is not presumed dead. russian aviation officials say he was on board the plane with his right hand man and it is believed that all ten passengers and crew died immediately. ukraine has denied any involvement. the crash site today and rushes region. investigators say they recovered the bodies of all ten people on board. the ke
this footage which has been cleared by the bbc verify team appears to show the burning remains of the plane, in a field in russia s tver region. mr prigozhin gained global notoriety injune after leading a failed mutiny. it was widely seen as a challenge to authority. he is now presumed dead. russian aviation officials say mr prigozhin was on board with his right hand man, dmitry utkin. and it s believed all ten passengers and crew died immediately. us presidentjoe biden said that there s not much that happens in russia that putin s not behind . but mr putin, who spoke by video link today at a summit in south africa, made no mention of the crash or mr prigozhin. will vernon has this report. ukraine has denied any involvement. will vernon has this report. the crash site today in russia s tver region. investigators say they ve recovered the bodies of all ten people that were on board. the key question now what caused the crash? officials say they re examining a number o
coming up on sports day later in the hour, we would be another goal night for great britain of the world athletics championships. matthew hudson smith has high hopes in the 400 metres. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it s taken 2a hours but president putin has finally spoken out about the plane crash that is thought to have killed the leader of the russian mercenary wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin. a short time ago the russian president said he had known him for many years and described him as a person with a complicated fate who made serious mistakes in life. yevgeny prigozhin s name was on the passenger list for a private jet that came down north of moscow last night, killing all ten people on board. their bodies have all been recovered, but have not yet been formally identified. and there is still no confirmation that he was on the plane. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. in a field 60 miles from moscow, the wreckage of a plane, the private