All day, st petersburg has been buzzing with rumours and counter rumours and speculation about where exactly prigozhin would be buried. 0n social media, at least four different cemeteries were being talked about as possibilities. in the end, it was none of them. at the end of the day, mr prigozhin s representatives revealed that he would be buried in the cemetery behind me. no military honours for the head of the wagner paramilitary group, and reportedly only a few people attended. now, we have been told by police here that the cemeteries officially closed for the day. we can t go inside. and to make sure that the media that is gathered here doesn t try to get inside, the place is pretty much under lockdown. lots of police here all along the perimeter fence and inside the cemetery. so the ceremony itself was low key, the security certainly isn t. and you can understand why, because the mutiny that mr prigozhin organised was seen by the kremlin as treachery as far as the russian authori
0n social media, four different cemeteries were being talked about as possibilities. in the end, it was none of them. at the end of the day, mr prigozhin s representatives revealed he would be buried in this ceremony behind me. no military honours for the head of the wagner paramilitary group, reportedly, only a few people attended. we have been told by police here that the cemetery is officially closed for the day, and we cannot go inside, to make sure the media gathered here does not try to get inside, the place is pretty much under lockdown. lots of police here all along the perimeter fence and inside the cemetery, so the ceremony itself was low key, but security certainly isn t, and you can understand why, because the mutiny that mr prigozhin organised was seen by the kremlin as treachery. as far as the russian authorities are concerned, the less attention, the better. thank you for that, steve rosenberg in st petersburg.
Officially closed for the day. we can t go inside. and to make sure that the media that is gathered here doesn t try to get inside, the place is pretty much under lockdown. lots of police here all along the perimeter fence and inside the cemetery. so the ceremony itself was low key, the security certainly isn t. and you can understand why, because the mutiny that mr prigozhin organised was seen by the kremlin as treachery as far as the russian authorities are concerned, the lesser tension, the better. steve rosenberg in st. petersburg. meanwhile in ukraine, 29 august is remembrance day. president zelenskiy has been paying tribute to the thousands of ukrainian men and women killed defending their country. there are no words, he said, that are sufficient to fully describe the strength, majesty and self sacrifice of a hero who remains forever in battle . throughout the summer,
Prigozhin has been buried in st petersburg. the task news agency said the ceremony was held in private at the request of mr prigozhin s relatives. one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia last week. widespread suspicion that prigozhin was killed in revenge for leading a failed mutiny injune. it was widely seen as a challenge to the authority of president vladimir putin. steve rosenberg sent us this. all day, st petersburg has been buzzing with rumours and counter rumours and speculation about where exactly prigozhin would be buried. on social media, at least four different cemeteries were being talked about as possibilities. in the end, it was none of them. at the end of the day, mr prigozhin s representatives revealed that he would be buried in the cemetery behind me. no military honours for the head of the wagner paramilitary group, and reportedly only a few people attended. now, we have been told by police here that the cemeteries officially closed for the d
We can t go inside. and to make sure that the media that is gathered here doesn t try to get inside, the place is pretty much under lockdown. lots of police here all along the perimeter fence and inside the cemetery. so the ceremony itself was low key, the security certainly isn t. and you can understand why, because the mutiny that mr prigozhin organised was seen by the kremlin as treachery as far as the russian authorities are concerned, the lesser tension, the better. steve rosenberg reporting from st petersburg. meanwhile in ukraine, estimates by us officials suggest a sharp rise in the number of kyiv s troops being killed and injured. buried in st petersburg. our correspondent quentin sommerville has been to the front line in the east of the country, where the grim task of counting the dead has become a daily reality. his report contains some distressing images. singing.