North west of moscow. Pictures have emerged of the aftermath of the crash, which happened about halfway through the flight from moscow to st petersburg, while the plane was at its cruising altitude. Trajectory data suggest the aircraft essentially dropped out of the sky. Russias Aviation Agency shared what it claimed was a list of the passengers on the doomed flight among them, mr prigozhin and key wagner commander dmitry utkin. As police cordoned off the crash site, russias Emergency Ministry claimed that ten bodies had been recovered from the wreckage. The bbc has not been able to independently verify this information yet. But outside the wagner Group Headquarters in st petersburg, mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles. If mr prigozhin is indeed dead, it would be an abrupt end, but its not unexpected, as will vernon explains from moscow. I dont think this news has surprised anyone here today. Around an hour after that plane crash, the Russian Federal Aviation Authori
Anyone is apprised of prigozhin is dead, at exactly two months to the day when the failed mutiny began. but increasingly you ve had criticism of recursion from putin and senior officials and he had disappeared although he did actually resurface this monday and a video which he said was taken in africa saying that lardner was increasing its recruitment efforts and that soldiers should volunteer and fight for wagner in africa. so in that sense it was an interesting timely because it seems that he had resurfaced again. seems that he had resurfaced aaain. ~ . seems that he had resurfaced aiain,~ ., ., seems that he had resurfaced auain. ~ . ., ., again. what about prigozhin? he was not but again. what about prigozhin? he was not but a again. what about prigozhin? he was not but a message again. what about prigozhin? he was not but a message on - again. what about prigozhin? he | was not but a message on cosmic opponent, he supported the war in ukraine untilthe opponent, he supported
Check out our website. we ll have the best moments, the key takewaways, and the latest from our colleagues in milwaukee and beyond. that s at bbc.com/news. you can find all the latest there. we also have continuing coverage of our top story tonight, what looks to be vladimir putin and the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin reported to have been killed. we are continuing to cover that story as well. the footage we have seen it has been verified by the bbc shows the moment, if we can pull those pictures up again, the wagner group privatejet those pictures up again, the wagner group private jet herald to earth around 300 kilometres, 20 miles north west of moscow. here we are seeing images of the mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin. these are images, file images, we understand according to russian officials that mr prigozhin was
And dismantle eventually wagner. and dismantle eventually wanner. ., and dismantle eventually wanner. . , ., . wagner. final question. we soke wagner. final question. we spoke to wagner. final question. we spoke to the wagner. final question. we spoke to the former - wagner. final question. we spoke to the former un - spoke to the former un ambassador bill taylor earlier and asked him what president putin stands on all of this in his efforts to consolidate power and he said he has not been able to consolidate power. do you agree? i think that s true. i think that if the kremlin in fact was behind the assassination of prigozhin, i think it has to be worried about further instability because those people who supported prigozhin and support an even tougher course of the war in ukraine will not go away, there are certainly the next few weeks going to complain, criticised the kremlin, so i think this is not a sign that putin has necessarily consolidated his power father but what is mean
By bringing them into nato and the tearing any further aggression in europe. what do did the applications aggression in europe. what do did the applications might - aggression in europe. what do did the applications might be l did the applications might be for wagner group fighters who have also been of course on the battlefield in ukraine? battlefield in ukraine? yes, i think there battlefield in ukraine? yes, i think there is battlefield in ukraine? yes, i think there is a battlefield in ukraine? yes, i think there is a different - think there is a different strategy here for the wagner group. what russia would like to do is reconstitute the wagner group into something else that is under kremlin control but is still operating independently as a military contractor outside of russia, so that they can do the kinds of things the russian military wants to deny. so there is a goal of the kremlin to preserve and external contracting military force that they can actually control wh