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To have killed the leader of the wagner group, prigozhin. president putin said mr prigozhin was a time of the businessman who he had known since the 1990s. mr prigozhin made some serious mistakes but also achieve results. there is widespread suspicion that mr prigozhin was deliberately killed in revenge for leading a mutiny seen as a challenge to mr putin s authority. the two of the bbc they believe russia was s spy the bbc they believe russia was s spy agency is most likely to have been responsible. ukraine president zielinski said p2 a journalist living is aware of who was involved. there d been coming to the wreckage and there is still no official confirmation of what was on board. the apparent death of mr prigozhin with global implications as well as fighting in ukraine, the mercenary group is been active in parts of africa. this from our editor.
This is bbc news, the headlines. president putin breaks his silence over the plane crash presumed to have killed wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin. he said mr prigozhin was a talented man who had made some serious mistakes . thousands of baby emperor penguins have died in antarctica after major sea ice losses. and celebrations are taking place across the world to mark the 50th anniversary of hip hop. welcome back. more now from russia where 2a hours after the plane crash presumed to have killed the russian paramilitary boss yevgeny prigozhin, president putin has made his first comments about the incident. the russian president expressed his condolences, describing mr prigozhin as a talented man who made some mistakes.
Shocking weekend rebellion by the mercenary wagner group challenging his power and his military leaders. putin meeting with military officers and units in moscow after calling kremlin allies to assure them he is firmly in charge. also today, kremlin officials saying they have no information on wagner group leader prigozhin s whereabouts after mark warner told me that he is believed to be in belarus. belarus president lukashenko, a putin ally, claiming today that he convinced prigozhin to stand down during what lukashenko described to be an emotional expletive laden phone call. you can imagine what that sounded like. keir, what have we heard today from vladimir putin? describe it. reporter: andrea, just inevitably in russian politics, a whole number of things are happening at once.
Butts, is there now an opportunity with what the wagner group leader prigozhin has come out and criticize russia s military criticized russian leaders. is there a chance now for the u.s. to telegraph to china this alliance with russia if it gets any tighter is going to be a losing one? should we use this moment in a conversation with china? i think secretary blinken did telegraphed that in his meeting in china. so yes absolutely. we want china to recognize russia is not a good partner and russia is done invading sovereignty of an independent state, that something china does not want to be on that side. so yes we have made it very clear they need to stop their support for russia. and certainly not increase the amount of help they give in that country. he referenced secretary blinken s visit there is and why wanted to accomplish as a military to military communication that is very important to avoid things escalate out of control.