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explored for the first time. on bbc london. the football on newsnight at 10:30pm. does a fatal plane crash north of moscow mean that to vladimir putin has killed the wagner leader, yevgeny prigozhin, once his closest acolyte, in revenge for his insurrection government department sent him letters he could not read. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. first tonight the news that has been developing from russia all evening, the plane crash that appears to have killed a man whose mercenary fighters have attacked ukraine and who just two months ago led a mutiny against vladimir putin. in the last hour, it s been confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin head of the wagner group was on board a private jet that crashed near moscow. this is still very much an evolving situation, one that the uk government says it is monitoring. in the us president biden has said there s not much that happens in russia that putin s not behind. our first report is from our russia editor steve ....
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is presumed dead after his plane crashed in the north west of the country. mr prigozhin led a failed mutiny in russia injune. the plane crashed in the tver region in russia s north west. this image is from the crash scene that s been confirmed by bbc verify. aviation officials in russia say mr prigozhin was on board with his right hand man, dmitry utkin. it s believed all ten passengers and crew died immediately. us presidentjoe biden said, there s not much that happens in russia that putin s not behind. mr putin made no mention of the crash or mr prigozhin when he spoke by video link to a summit in south africa. ukraine has denied any involvement. from moscow, will vernon sent this report. the crash site today in russia s tver region. investigators say they have recovered the bodies of all ten people that were on board. the key question now what caused the crash? officials say they are examining a number of theories, including the possibility of external actions ....
these other issues, you re watching bbc news, but we have got to focus on your future, we have got to focus i m gareth barlow. on reversing the decline of our country. china is the number one threat to our country, and every- minute that these eight candidates. spent talking about the past instead we start in russia where yevgeny of the future is time that isjust. - prigozhin is presumed dead after his you know who loves it? plane crashed in the north west of biden loves it, but - china loves it when we the country. are talking about the past. this image has been confirmed by bbc verify as being from the crash as we have been hearing, mr trump set up a rival event on social media scene near moscow. which has now had more than 100 aviation officials million views. he was dismissive of the whole field. say yevgeny prigozhin was on board the private jet, the whole field. many people said, ou should the whole field. many people said, you should not the whole field. many ....
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 nu ....