of the showcase best of human truth from thoughts on al jazeera. the the notice of the news hour on al jazeera um for the back people lives in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. vladimir protein breaks his silence in directly confirming the depth of 5 nickel chief. you have danny, for goshen. 24 hours out there has been crushed north of moscow. meanwhile, questions around the future of nevada vantage operations in new crane africa and

the middle east. also on this news, our former us present donald trump is that just a vendor in the election interference case in georgia, will be live in unit 5, the 18 g m t 9 pm in moscow. and we begin with the aftermath of the death of wagner, chief of guinea for goshen washing price, invited me put in, has broken his silence over the death of flesh as most powerful. miss mary, re goshen pretend referred to him as a talented businessman, whom he has known since the ninety's. he says he will follow the investigation into his death. but goshen was listed among 10 people on a jet that came down north of moscow. on wednesday, the crash comes 2 months after the former ally, all the russian president. let us show lives mutiny against military leaders in

moscow. or here's what present pretend had to say is still considered safety. it's only us for distribution incident. first of all, i want to express my sincere condolences to the families of all the victims. it is always a tragedy. and indeed, if, as the primary data indicates that their employees were also there, i would like to note that these are people who have made a significant contribution to our common cause of fighting the neo nazi regime and ukraine pointing. we remember this, we know, and we will not forget to order the head of the investigative company reported to me this morning. they have already launched a preliminary investigation into this incident and it will be carried out in full and brought to an end. there is no doubt here in the the best bring in all desire as those of jabari in moscow for so doors at 24 hours since that pain crash. and finally,

a statement from present to 10 and in the last hour from his 4 and mister yes, we just heard from the foreign minister live rob, who was at the brick summit in the south africa johannesburg. he said that it is important to wait for the investigation at urging people to wait for the fax and also to get the final outline from the investigative committee about what actually transpired. and also a survey lab robin urging as the public to hear not to listen to western media reports about what has happened. and what has transpired really focusing in on the facts as they are getting them from officials. here. we also heard from vladimir, put in for the 1st time since the plane crash on wednesday evening at letting me put in really highlighting his close relationship with any promotion, saying that the 2 men have known each other since the early ninety's and that

provisions life was his fate was a difficult one, but he did make it significant contributions to the cause that the russian forces are fighting in ukraine and the russian president also saying that the investigation is going to be intense. and really looking into exactly what transpired, which led to the death of the 10 people that were on board, that jack, we also understand from the investigation that's at the bodies that, that they've managed to recover. i've gone are going, as we speak, undergoing dna testing of so we'll get more official results from that committee in the coming hours and days now. so the investigation then is progressing towards the interesting me there's been very little coverage of the story today in motion media . i understand despite all being national attention, it's gone. it has that now changed with present putting statement or is it still all very low key? well, it is still

a fairly low key compare when you compared to the western media coverage of this events. certainly now with the 2 highest ranking officials in the russian federation, it is most likely going to change in the coming hours and days later we put in breaking the silence of the officials here by highlighting his thoughts about any precaution in his work in his life. but also maintaining a certain level of detachment, not getting too emotional and mainly stating what his life was about and his achievements. aside from that, really focusing the public's attention towards the fax that will be coming out from the investigation. right now. the question about wagner's future is on everyone's mind, of course, even before this event on wednesday, after that failed to use me in june. what is the command structure likely to look

got to look like now that for goshen and his deputy about what's going on? what, what, what plans are in place provide well, as far as we understand, according to social media channels aligned with the wagner group, there is a special committee that has been in session at this was something that was planned out by for goes it himself in the event of his own death. we understand that that, that those meetings are under way according to those sources. and they said that in time they will issue a statements. we don't know what those committees look like, who they comprise of it's very, very secretive, as you can imagine. and they say that in the you time, once they've come to who did their meetings within themselves, they will issue as official statements about what will happen to the wagner group.

and there are fighters, but for the time be we understand that they continue to be operational. we haven't had any official statements from the russian government or the bela russian officials who are housing the wagner group since that failed me 2 months ago. so we're waiting to find out more basically, we are not speculating me that's winter span, that high level meetings are taking place. and when they are ready to announce how they're moving forward within their own power structure, we will know from that many question still remains to be answered. thank you for that dosage of battery life force that in moscow. and here now is out there as poll brennan, who is taking a look at the vengeful korea of guinea for goes into mine once known as vitamin fulton chess. the subs have often seen on the front lines, usually dressed in the combat fatigues of a military command. if any precaution cultivated the image of an action man,

the boss of the bank, a group of ministry contract as percussion, proved himself willing and able to advance russian interest in a way the few others could achieve. the bottom. he rose to pie in russia from humble beginnings and some peaches, but he was a teenage criminal, subbing time for robbery and fraud. then became a hot dog salesman. then the man known as putin chef is catering company hosted events for the fall and lead us as well as vladimir putin private but they parties and it wasn't until 2022. the production admitted that he had found at the wagon a private military company is earlier in east and ukraine has been so successful as a private so military company has become essentially a franchise. and so you have different, really, very distinct organizations that carry the same brand. it was the war and ukraine and watkins role in it, which cemented precautions importance from 2014 why the contracts had reinforced

and organized the pro russian separatist fighters in crimea. and don't pass. wagner played a crucial role in russia's 2022 invasion. the handful of russian battlefield success is often coming as a result of precautions must enrich rather than regular russian troops. full, done with the political and financial backing on the president, putin and the criminal. obviously putting has created precaution regardless of a self made man. he just put most projects to create a sort of a competitive alternative military for assuming usher to boost the effectiveness of the regular russian army prouder. i'm a shrugged his phone. this video, selfies and uncompromising rhetoric boosted his popularity within russia on his profile, outside of russia. but his temper, combined with a willingness to open the parade, the russian defense ministry undoubtedly made him enemies and exploits. if phil's

rance, about the lack of munition on the front lines, was aimed directly at the general's in moscow. and expose the depth of the feud between precaution. i'm putting the closest command us. well not to walk away pretty bad, but we have a 70 percent shortage of admission showing. go garage you month to month where, where's munition look at them? and i knew that progression ordered his fighters to advance on moscow. it set events in motion which made his downfall perhaps inevitable progression. cold of the march polluted round of the trees. and there was only going to be one when a progression was forced to back down. observe, as was surprised, shocked even when the criminal announced that the boss would not face criminal charges from the rebellion. but precautions, life expectancy has been the topic of intense speculation ever since pull brennan, which is 0 or speak to a 2nd. my cough was

a former public spokesman for present 14 and director of institute of political studies in moscow. thank you very much for being with us on algae 0. so 24 hours after the pay crashed. finally, a statement from present 14 expressing his condolences. what do you make of the statement? the tone of it and why do you think he waited this long to make it and i think uh, i was able to put you on what was the rate uh this uh 20 hours. uh before mentioned some uh um, uh, centered service. uh, because uh she was waiting for it is also there's an open investigation. she is wanting to buy indication here, and you guys have to do additional department both for this. i'm just kind of some pizza or a university and get us started. the whole, not very much, and she was a way to impact, uh, what movies are all such investigation. and about finally all you don't have

to say sounds a because she could see that on a lot of hands that i may informations that band of all the way to zation or what is meant for them in a wrestling kinda throwing me and yet. so i was able to reach you. blame was, you know, just upset or is it clear i was up to you by 2 of you getting a pretty was one. okay. we're going to put of good sees at the spot. you uh, what's the last time that you've done the physical human soul tasks are in the account? i some missionaries i love, the people believes that some kind of a male in the team, a flight rid of them our lives dealing. busy class you put a gospel right also, which of course is that some of the people of god was full hours such as a site. that's all fine. and that's the different stages. uh, experience exact opposite, appealing to what they're getting pretty close to the fall. i thought you meant to come to the screen and to say point, it was a while it was so. so he had to say something. you say you talked about

a campaign of immunization there. fulton. now, when a deal was caught between precaution and the crime in to end the mutiny in june and all the charges against wagner were dropped. and this, despite the fact that russian service men had been killed in this phase of mutiny, many observers at the time is said that this had made, pretend look week, not for goshen. is out of the picture. does put an image stronger domestic a you know, the apartment, it was not a pretty good. the problem was exactly. it was under some kind of uh, uh, uh, huffman. also i'll click on this is so i'm going to indicate the old counts. and that is the set a date and i'm using it as a decatur. oh, just functioning. cool. but i some governmental system is state to be even with kills. that's pretty good. pretty going to the real assess educator. so

i think uh the situation now it didn't became more so, but i don't safely off the desktop to advance, which was the increase. and that was the less, ever more the most was the people in the sense of what to do to the boss conditional side should have been. but that was the last, because pretty boston was, they got the, is just in decatur costs. people started to suppose, what are you going to put in more as in decatur study to you talked about the campaign of the immunization. and i do want to come back to that because you mentioned the west of course, but also maybe within russia itself, who, who benefits from goshen. skinny, i assume to you site. uh rough. uh uh, zillow school was, and i me all for you to get you, but it was on. they should have been better. well know,

is that publicly under your name? so is that top jr. house, uh, set up a showing. go and find it again. awesome. up and pull some of this on my outside jig. it also which we are doing to uh, buy names. also some of the possible. uh, business man uh are you know, kind of beaches in west virginia for the most part, most of the seats and also got an oil sunbridge and a more of a big oil. uh she was or is that not conflict with you junior, but it was um, but uh it's a so it's all not so many a benefit from please also because somebody says not the appropriate was even for sure. going to get us the most was going to figure out the best best. all right, so what is the really benefit is why do you mean? is it actually because not because of the environmental pays, they can be done. you know, not even a stronger than the citizens are you. so the problem is that the students could bring the progress of was bass or no offensive, because i just didn't want that to claim box marked as i

see mo and how strong class this be a while you can use. and it's pretty good for graph is just symbol o, clock, speed it or are you good? oh, so i usually have towards the end, correct? your boss. pretty good and i'm sure is it because i'm not zips but you're gonna put the zip state best on it. gives all the tools that you're getting and security to kill, you're getting it because which the ukrainians have denied. of course, mr. michael, thank you very much for your time and sharing your views with us. well, as you heard from, i guess there they are. some in russia who believe that ukraine was behind the killing of the wagner mercenary cheat for wagner. chief, well, the ukrainian nita, part of me is lensky elia on thursday, denied any involvement in the crash. a was that a little girl? you know, what are the last is when ukraine was reaching out to other countries regarding the

planes, this is not what we had in mind. i'll tell you honestly, we had something completely different in mind. we wanted support, although perhaps this may also help in some way. we don't have any connection to the situation. that's for sure. i think everyone understands who is involved. and that spring and rob mcbride in ukraine's capital key for as rob the ukranian leader, the category k denying any involvement, bring us up to speed for us with all the reactions there to the latest events in a rush. yeah, absolutely. this is being viewed, this statement by i'd like to get through to an extremely cynically hear from keith . but after what 24 hours of absolute silence from the kremlin about this a plane crash about the demise of precaution, that every little reporting inside rusher itself, while the whole world has been talking about about this, this story of this plane crash about precautions. a power of desks now coming out

with wanting to appears to be almost an under state, but it's almost as though it had to be extremely well controlled. that after 24 hours approved approved, it has to say something a comes in this conversation with a senior official, almost like noting the fact that yes it is happened referring to precaution as he's packed we've got to do to with he and all the about the fight is especially on the battlefield here in ukraine and then saying that now it's under investigation. i missed the time to move on. so it is being regarded very civically as a cynical move by, by a boot. and that this is a somebody who was almost the creation of the russian system who was lionized by state run media, especially for his and boxes apparent exploits on the battlefields here in ukraine . it's almost as though they couldn't to it boots and couldn't ignore this uh, this desk any longer. so it has now, i'd refer to it and brushed it almost onto the carpet and said it's time to move on . as the lensky has said, here that ukraine has nothing to do with it,

and everybody knows who is hand is involved too clearly indicating that this is the crime that right, not questions around the future of the vanderbilt, of rob uh, in uh, its operations, not necessarily in ukraine, because the majority of them had pulled out from ukraine. i understand. but in bella, luce, they're all present in bella, was what happens now? and there's all sorts of speculation, various reports that circulates, and you're bound to comes, uh, that's are in the room where these as fighters have gone to being hosted by the, by lucian government, that ra speculation that some of the comes to being dismantled with her in the past 24 hours that some of the internet, se sick, those have been blocked, to try to stop communication. so it does remain extremely mucky about exactly how many wagner fights is there. ah, how well open eyes they are. whether they are now going to be taken under the wing

officially of the russian military. of course, that was this campaign to try to get a fight is with vog that to sign contracts with the russian bellatrix. that was one of the causes of the, uh, it'll say to you to me that happens a couple of months ago. it's unclear how many of these 5, just highlights the sign those contracts. because of course, many of these a while we use these fights as well. a full in the russian soldiers who basically want nothing both to do with the russian army wants to leave for the swashbuckling life of bob. never the best to pay and conditions that were wrong, likely to one, to go back and to the russian military. it's the concern for the ukrainian military here is uh, are they gonna cause any trouble uh, go to be involved in any kind of uh, exercises. so operations in the border that separates ukraine from bella. ruth, this concern on the polish side of the border as well as well about the battery side operations. are they going to be used for any operations that are on the bell or bruce's border with a polar full?

so the other concern is if you still have these renegade units, the same kind of a mentality that led to this mutiny a couple of months ago, will they now take the fighting reprisal for the parent to death of pre goes in? will they now tried to take the fight against the russian military establishment once more, which would be an destabilizing factor, which as far as the ukrainian military is, is concerned, might actually be to the benefit. and this thing that takes the pressure off the front lines of the ukrainian force is dealing with russian forces on this hundreds of kilometers of a line of contact here in ukraine problem. thank you very much for that. rob mcbride, my force that in keys ukraine. now they have been reactions from around the world to the events in russia. let's bring in my kind of, in washington, dc. first, mike on wednesday when use of guinea pig ocean's name being on that list of the, the plane that crashed came in person barton was quick to react,

even though they hadn't been no official confirmation for gordon's that was quick to react, saying that he wasn't surprised what's the reaction now that we've heard from prison i put in confronting you're getting for goshen staff there's be no formal reaction as yet, as you say 24 hours ago. president biden saying that he wasn't surprised saying, as well that neutral happens in russia without president putin behind it. however, there has been a report by the associated press, which quotes us intelligence officials and named officials, i mistress of saying that the playing was brought down by an explosion that the said the official is quoted by the associated press as saying, put in it has a long history of trying to silence his critics. as i said, this is a report that is unsourced, so to speak. however, it does give an indication of perhaps what the discussions are in us intelligence

circles. however, no formal comments has come from intelligence from the pentagon, or indeed from the president in the wake of a president putin's statement. thank you for that, mike kind of in washington d. c. let's not check in with christine sylvia who is at the united nations headquarters in new york. what's the reaction from, from the christian to the events impression as well here at the u. n. also, i've been speaking to a lot of diplomats and the spokesperson for the secretary general. no official reaction as far as the diplomats are concerned. they don't want to get ahead of what they're capitals are saying, and the un also taking a wait and see approach. but we know one thing that they are watching very carefully is the impact that this will have on west africa. and in particular, molly, where the u. n. is in the process of withdrawing it's peacekeeping mission from the area. now the u. n. has noted that there's been growing violence in the

region since the wagner groups presence has taken hold. there, there's been growing instability in the region, and it was the government of molly, the transitional government that asked the when to withdraw its troops tapping wagner to fill the security void that they will eventually leave behind. but as the u. n has been in the process of drawing down those 12500 soldiers who are in the country and liquidating their military assets. they've seen an increase in violence between extremist groups between al qaeda related and as long as the state related groups in the area, there's been accusations of increasing human rights violations by the government in these attacks that are meant to control these armed groups in the area in the united states, in particular, has come out and accused wagner of being behind these human rights abuses in the

country as well. and then of course, we have the crew in the share which borders on molly and has complicated the u. n's efforts to continue to fulfill its mission. they are while at the same time drawn down the forces by the end of the year. so the peacekeepers as well have come under increasing attacks in the region. so a very unsettled situation in west africa. right. and the worry is that with no clear lead or of the wagner group, things could get even worse. and further complicate the timeline, which was already very quick in terms of getting the, the troops out by the end of the year safely and returning all of the military assets to the countries where they came from. not letting those get into other hands, all of that is under pressure and under question of how it will be affected by this, by this news. indeed. thank you, christine, for the update there from the united nations headquarters in new york. well, christine was talking about nisha, the and pro russian activists in the share have expressed

a grief over the death of, of blackness chief. but they say his passing won't hinder ongoing russian new jerry and military cooperation rig ocean's name and influence a widespread in parts of africa. pro wagner imagery has been part of on tie western protests in molly, booking of fossil and most recently new share. to march the large, it's a big, it's a beating read read, read precautions. tragic that's, that's happened yesterday, but we don't think it's going to matter our fight. it's not going to restrict anything and we're going to continue to try to evolve. and the same perspective for one control, cooperation with rushing to areas of imaginary group has also developed strong ties with the syrian government since russia intervened in the syrian conflicts. but precautions fails, rebellion in june has shifted influence is, as ina, honda reports in october, 2015, russia joined the war in syria is 1st military intervention in the middle east. in

decades. it changed the balance of power in favor of president. the sharon, a said like russian airpower didn't do it alone with a disability. as of a new president, vladimir putin didn't want his military to be embroiled in the conflict in came wagner, a private military group contracted to do the fighting. it helped secure and for the russian interests and saved the syrian government from collapse relative to to other countries. i think their role in, in syria has proven more pivot told because they were involved in direct clashes on the ground. so however, their role recently, at least, militarily has waned alongside the russian military. it helped president a said maintain control of much of the country. but this rule expanded. it benefited economically, whether from revenues from oil and gas or phosphate mines. it took advantage of

a failed state and recruited syrians to fight in for an operations. some were sent to the libyan battle field. wagner is also believed to have used russian naval in air bases as a logistics hub for the global operations. there are those who believe the discourse between the wagner group and the russian military leadership began in syria, beset of the region due to the ambitions of bergman's head. goshen commodities and the russian mother treat will always consent. they always try to prevent him from creating his own empire. they had many disputes on the battlefield. in the wake of wagner's attempted mutiny against the russian military leadership in june, the defense ministry was quick to act in syria to avoid any possible rebellion. russia manage to, uh, i would say hold, oh, the, uh, may uh, be brought this to us in, in, in, in,

in syria. um, talking about the fact that commandos they took them to, to, to main base. no, no news about their future over there. i mean, destiny, but on the account now i have. what i know is that right now is being run by the russian military directly of the syrian leadership, which helped isolate wagner. operatives on the ground was quick to fall in line behind the kremlin center for the l shows either off or on a wagner's role in the west african region. let's speak to nicholas taco is leih from synagogues, capital the car make. first of all, you know, the russian president, when he made this statement divine for goshen. i talked about a businessman who was worked in russia as well as in africa. and that was quite significant showing the importance of africa to russia. it's interest. tell us about the reactions from leaders in that region who's been closely working with the

fact that as well, we have to remember, but just days ago to go, jane was in molly meeting with the leadership of the molly and military june. the end of actor group has key assets are key partnerships in the, in this a hell region. molly, as i mentioned, the central african public's down was, i'm big libya and it seems that back there was expanding its operation. in fact, in the last video that we saw for goods and he was in the region of 10 book to an army fatigue holding a gun, saying that he was trying to recruit more people to come and fight. and in fact, we know that he was in the central valley trying to recruit local militia fighters because in multi itself, the value group, west step in as there was a withdrawal of the un un peacekeeping operation. but we have to remember that the, the mercenary aspect of the bag,

the group is just the tip of the iceberg over to operations in africa. one of the key operations is mining logging, but also information and communication. and it was key in terms of fermenting existing grievances that you had in the region against france, a former colonial power. and we saw a number of countries in the region where people were seeking. the russians help as best specifically in these year where there was a crew recently. so there was a feeling in the region that the wagner group and with regard to and being the face of the value, was in, in fact, the face of russia in the region and with its elimination, with the elimination of free goods. and there was a real concern among those countries that partnership who would they were going to deal with now now with to addressing this issue, he was not only trying to reassure those governments that have relationship with the back a group, but also the thousands of mercenaries that are working in the region that are operating of active group in the region, not just the fighters,

but those that are involved in the mining companies and the logging companies in africa. and this is, has been very lucrative for the vacuum. and so he sought to both reassure the governments, but also the mercenaries that are on the ground. but of course, his desk has created some level of uncertainty and concern amongst the government in the region to whom they should be relying upon moscow for the value of the group . because it's not just production that died. it's the whole military command. the senior man is the senior village in command of that organization. and i've been with the wagner group with fighters in the central african republic, and it's very much a top to bottom operation. they receive their command and from the top. and if you eliminate the top, then what happens to those people, so they need to be reassured. so amongst those fighters that are in the central african republic and remote areas on the front line. and they will,

there will be conversations to try to try to figure out who is their boss right now, is it let them are putting who is there to replace them? so there's a lot of uncertainty there. and we're expecting some answers, at least from moscow in the hours or days to come. forget and the a lot of uncertainty and questions about whether it's going to be business as usual for these countries that have been dealing with the back number scenario coup. nicholas hockey and the cost center golf. thank you very much for joining us. let's now discuss this further and you know the implications in, in russia and also be on with donald jensen, who's the russian director at the us institute of peace. he's also a former us diplomat and soviet weapons inspector joining us from washington dc. thank you very much, sir. for being with us on algebra. i, i want to ask you 1st about your reaction to the statement we heard from present 14 or under statement as some of you described it a well, i don't say this transparently is here. and as i say, who is that?

when do you want to say when it is literally right? who's trying to rush for a trying to rebuild most of all our viruses, the russian for so long. and the lot example of a general house, the minister of the mass substitute the way of ours is, uh, some of those actually were really single generation research. please say we'll restore the se, se, understand that and get rid of the title song as long as all you're fine, you're going to say the lines for and he sees on or is it for the freight, or is the people as for violence or as right finally to that issues, as you say,

this is the crime in operation. do you think that now that for goshen and his deputy are out of the picture present putting is strong or domestically or is he perhaps more exposed because there were many mercenary, many for fighters from wagner, who are very loyal to we have given a precaution. you're absolutely correct. i don't say by has certain that the star is fine table products and i was going back to june or what people are getting what we're trying to do in terms of pressure from the class of the services from song gym. so maybe the 1st or the last a very long because somebody else disregard the lesson to to

share. so. so try something like this in a rush or where is connections is happier brands are much more of a role, lars chooses way. surely, who has what to do so yeah, i mean, that's the power. so she's really out of the body. so we would sure who else is like right now, no matter who goes around or what we try seduce or what about the implications outside of russia? we've been talking, of course, about russia's interest and by his presence on the african continent in libya, in syria as well. do you think it's going to be business as usual for these countries and leaders that have been dealing and relying on back the the uh, they have a certain they have a ha,

ha, ha, ha, here too. so this is all i see now, right now i do see that the front of the re engine bring some of these private and those are a combination engine. while the prior bill, this is lee or somewhere escrow or the footprint and point of view of this kind of machinery horse remains. i think that what you're going to see here the do you wash and such as this is the elsewhere. see the ground face? are all, i would say the size that the you see is not the most are these uh, activities are that are similar to the money i influence that on da has

though other other resources are most likely to control most of the day who are the most power my or miss, why i assume you guys aren't. we're in the brown a sophomore's one for me. are very interesting to hear your thoughts about this. thank you very much for sharing your views. donald jensen from the us institute of peace, joining us there from washington. we appreciate your time. thank you. all right, let's look at uh, the, the 5 missionaries group bowl in libya now and correspondent money train is joining us from mrs. ron, to talk to us about 5 minutes present in libya and the reactions the today. now that the man who represented vac nobody the face of 5 nova sees, has been killed as well. there hasn't been any

official reaction as of yet, but i can tell you in general, uh, especially here in western living the following uh, the banking group's impact and libya menu see as devastating. i mean, i'll be back here. group has helped propped up pop up their outline. their partner war noticed lisa hester, unimed, 2019 alongside. more than 2000 russian. wagner mercenaries, attack tripoli. i mean, hundreds of civilians were killed over a 125000 homes were destroyed. so we saw hundreds of thousands of people displaced us, so many people look at, at the back their presence, especially in western libya as, as something that has negatively impacted the country. or how do you have to, i mean that's, that's a, it's a bit different. he's, you know,

he's been doing with, with the, with wagner for it for many years now. and perhaps he's lost a key ally in partner with providing that. so, you know, depending on where you are in the forest. so we have to, i think he's been, he's had some of he's wanting to be reassured by the, the kremlin and by russia that they still are back in him. and we saw 24 hours before this plane crash. the deputy defense defense of the russian deputy defense minister visited and after they discussed joint cooperation and fighting terrorism. and so i think the rest of what we're starting to see, especially in libya, the russians are trying to reassure their partner of somebody for after that they are, they still have his back and they'll continue to back him. uh so, um, you know, libya is extremely, it's important. it's, it has, it has

a applicant's largest crew reserves, and it's also strategically placed. so i mean, it's been called the gate to africa, you know, on the southern shores of the mediterranean sea. so i strategically located and they have a partner for the, for have 2 controls of the oil fields in the east, large parts of southern libya where, where they have a huge presence, let me know some export say up to 2000. wagner mercenaries are still present in the country and they control everybody. so, so, so i think a lot of people are going to be looking to see what kind of impact this has in the balance of power here in libya. thank you for that. malik train at $94.00 is the in miss ross in libya and of course we'll continue to cover the aftermath and the impact of the death. so if you have any for goshen, the leader of the russian wagner, mercenary group, and both of shelf course and also across the world in africa,

in the middle east. as we've heard from our various correspondents and all the latest information on this, of course, on our website that colleges 0 dot com the as not take a look at some of the days of the use. and donald trump is expected to surrender in the state of georgia in the us in the coming hours. this is for criminal indictment since april. the former us leader is charged with bucket tearing, and conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. 9 of his 18 co defendants have already surrendered to prosecutors, including his advisor and the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani. and we have 2 correspondents in atlanta. this our covering. the latest developments ron's vin jordan is at the fulton county jail and dial in fisheries outside the courthouse island. atlanta is where everything is happening

today. okay. um i, i, i apologize uh alan. we are going to come back to the 2nd, but we're just gonna go to a pentagon briefing right now on the events in rochelle assistant by the international guards, 100 and 62nd. when. although we do not have specific numbers to share at this time, in regards to how many ukrainians will participate in this training. we do anticipate it will include several pilots and dozens of maintainers. importantly, although some ukrainian pilots have english language skills, we are anticipating that all the pilots coming to the united states will require some level of additional english language instruction. given the complexities and the specialized english that's required to fly these aircraft. therefore, as i mentioned, these pilots will also be conducting english language training at lackland air force base in san antonio, texas in september,

prior to attending at 16th line training in arizona to the training provided by the united states will complement the f. 16 pilot and maintenance training that's already underway in europe and further deepens our support for the 16 training coalition, lead by denmark and another one's moving forward, we will remain in close consultation with the danes, the dutch and other allies, to ensure us training complements the broader coalition training, effort and other ukraine. new secretary austin released a statement today to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of your clients independence . the full statement is available on the b o. d u website. but states and part, quote, ukrainian people have inspired the world with their courage and resolve to defend their right to live in a sovereign democratic and free country. for the past 18 months, russia has waged a full scale unprovoked and indefensible war against you. crane the crime ones were of choices, killed thousands of innocent ukrainians, displaced millions more and deliberately inflicted chair and truck chair and trauma

on ukraine's men women and children. and quote, secretary good. austin goes on to underscore that quote today is ukraine commemorates another year of independence. the united states remain steadfast and our commitment to ensure that it can celebrate many more. we will support you frame for as long as it takes and it's fight for security and freedom and quote. and finally, secretary austin, welcome indonesian minister of defense pro, to the pentagon. earlier today to discuss shared vision, stronger partnership and shared values between our 2 nations. together, they resolved to preserve international laws and norms enhancer, mutual security and defense capabilities and remain guided by our shared values. shared democratic principles, they share their determination to further strengthen our relationship, ensuring that it is robust, incapable of seizing future opportunities and tackling emerging child emerging challenges and increasingly complex geo political climate. the joint statement will

be made available later today on defense stucco. and with that, i'll be happy to take your questions. we'll start right up here with list right on the assignment. uh was can provision that went down in russia. was it a bond that took place? um so, so couple things. um, i know there's a lot of interest in this topic, i'll say right upfront. first of all, our initial assessment is that it's likely provision was killed. we're continuing to assess the situation. we don't have any information to indicate right now. the press reporting, stating that there was some type of surface to air missile. it took down a plan that we assessed that information to be inaccurate. again, nothing to indicate no information to suggest that there was a surface to air missile. but beyond that, i'm really just not gonna have any further information. what was it something that's pam internal from inside the plant? again i, i don't have any additional insight to provide on that. thank you. or i just wanted

to check the 1st thing is that our initial assessment that it's likely production was killed. you mean killed intentionally all of us. they were open in the south nation until in this uh, airplane crap was on board. and what leads you believe that when permission you have a suggest he was on board or is this based based on the fact that you've no reason to doubt russian reports? yeah, i'm not gonna go into the specifics of how we gather information other then again, our initial assessment based on a variety of factors, is that he was likely to, but not just based on on russian statements. i would imagine a based on a variety of, of factors. thank you. let's see, just i've got 2 clarification to the question i just said, i'll make sure that i understand those, the answer to the orange follow up. so you guys are not willing to say that you believe it was an assassination attempt here to see neutral on that right now we're, we're continuing to assess the situation. i'm not gonna have any further information on how or why the airplane correct. okay. and then on the f, 16 training,

the administration had said previously that it would consider hosting training for our for planning pilots in the us. if capacity in europe proved to be insufficient . but i think they're just getting go is that is that what happened? worries, were you all, did you guys concluded that their capacity with insufficient or was there a decision just to go ahead with this even though their training is really just getting off the ground and then my question, i'm just to put it out there right now is um, regarding these reports that the saudi border forces may have attacked and killed the number of asylum seekers to right across from you have an inside your india. i know that at least troops under central command authority are not currently providing training and assist, you know, any kind of support to these particular units or saudi border guard. but i'm just wondering if you from the pony, i'm to provide some sort of comment given that the saudi government is such an

important security partner. and the united states has the deep relationship with sally security forces across the board. what is your comment on how, how worried are concerned that you all about this? is there any action that the us government will take given the sort of egregious nature of these alleges actions by the 34 versus think yeah, thanks missy. so a lot of questions are everybody's settling. all right, so on, on your 1st question in terms of us providing this training? yeah. so, so really, as we looked at our european allies providing this training, recognizing the fact that we want to do everything we can to help move this effort along as quickly as possible and support of ukraine. we, we know that as a, as the dance and the dutch prepare to train those pilots, that at a certain point in time in the future capacity will be reached. so preemptively

acknowledging that and leaning forward in order to, to assist with this effort is the impetus for, for why we're doing this now. as it relates to saudi arabia. again, we're aware of, of the report or aware of the allegations. as you highlighted, the us is not in any way training those border forces. they're not a part of any of the, the assistance that we provide. i don't have a specific comment to say other than again, we are aware of that of those allegations. i know that the state department is, is looking into that, but i don't have anything further to provide at this point. thank you. ashley. um, so as you're looking at the capacity issue, is there a certain number that you're working off of? how many aircrafts travel eventually receive as well? as i said, the short answer is i don't have a number for you today. i know that some of our european allies have already

publicly commented on right when i'm listening there to the briefing from the pentagon spokesman by various events. and of course, we were very much interested in hearing what he had to say about the events in russia and the coming early of this evening. confirming the death of the wagner missionary, chief of guinea per goshen. with a statement from present putting, we expressed his condolences from the pentagon spokesman. we heard that the initial assessment from the pentagon is that is likely for goshen was killed. but that he added that there is no information indicating that a surface to miss out, to count the plane on which precaution was but didn't give any further information as to what brought the pain down saying, but that the us is continuing to assess the situation who was very vague and very cautious about the answers he gave, the to report has got it there in washington dc. he also talked about ukraine on the independent se of ukraine today. the anniversary saying that the us would

support ukraine as long as it takes right now. let's return to atlanta, georgia, where the former us present donald trump is expected to surrender in the coming hours in his 4th criminal indictment since april. trump is charged with black interior and conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of georgia. and that spring and highland fisher was live for us that in atlanta. so talk as to what's going to be happening over the next few hours when are we expecting donald trump to arrive here? well just in the last couple of minutes, donald trump is put on his trip social platform that he will be in atlanta at 7. talk to you, which suggest you'll be leaving deadman start in the next couple of hours heading here. he is intending to go straight to the court house. it'll take about 2 hours to, to fly from bed minster. interestingly enough, funny willis,

who is the prosecutor here. she's asked the judge to move the trial date forward. initially it was going to be sometime in march, she says, now she would like to go ahead and october the 23rd, which is just 8 weeks away. this is because a one of the, a 2 is kind of a chest brought us for a speedy trial. donald trump, in the last few minutes, just confirm that he is filed a motion asking for that trial date to be delayed and also to separate himself from any acts against kenneth chase. but essentially saying that there should be a number of trials. now, of course, always putting 18 people on it in the, the don't was going to be a big logistical operation because those are then 18 legal teams that have to deal with what is going on. on top of that, just at least to date, donald trump, a nice that he was changing his lawyer. he had a very experienced a, a defender, a very good lawyer, by the name of, but can certainly not 10 find like he's out. he's been replaced by steve seidel.

he's regarded as more of a celebrity lawyer, someone who's done a lot of high profile cases. a speaking to one legal expert, you said this is maybe not a great decision because tend to find link has actually done a lot of cases involved in the rico statute, which is what donald trump is being charged with. but of course, we're not confirming that in the last few minutes, donald trump has said he will be here at $730.00. he will be processed through one of the few still to be processed to come to you holland. thank you very much. allan fisher live outside the courthouse there in georgia, atlanta, georgia. lets check in with was in jordan. i was outside the fulton county jail. tell us about the seeing where you are was and what's going to happen there once donald trump rice well, once donald trump arrives here at the fulton county jail, it should be a very short and routine process, at least from the shirts or perspective fingerprints. a mug shot, if there any other legal niceties that need to be ironed out before bill of

$200000.00 is officially posted. fill up, be held for a few minutes in order for that to be done. but we don't know whether we're going to see him actually entering and leaving the jail from the main entrance, which is where we are. there is a 2nd entrance on the joining street where it is possible that the former president will be brought in that way. primarily for security reasons, the free trial where we are has been close off all day pro to automotive traffic. only people can come in on foot where they're members of the media, local residents of a small neighborhood, just off to my bike, as well as those who so either support the former president or who opposed him. the security is very tight, is expected to be even tighter later on thursday when the former president is expected to arrive here for the processing in this part of the criminal case. thank

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