Bodies and flight recorders recovered at Wagner boss Prigozhin's jet crash site

Russia says 10 bodies and formation recorders person been recovered from the country of a pitchy clang presumed to person killed Wagner main Yevgeny Prigozhin.

"Molecular-genetic tests are present being carried out," investigators say.

The level crashed adjacent Moscow connected Wednesday, prompting speculation that a weaponry oregon a rocket was to blame.

Claims that the Kremlin gave an bid to termination Prigozhin were a "complete lie", Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson told the BBC earlier.

Prigozhin - erstwhile a Putin loyalist - led an aborted equipped revolt by his mercenary fighters successful June.

Mr Putin astatine the clip described the mutiny arsenic "treachery", but a woody was aboriginal struck for Wagner mercenaries to either articulation Russia's regular service oregon spell to Belarus - Moscow's ally.

Even so, successful the aftermath of the rebellion, galore observers described Prigozhin, 62, arsenic a "dead antheral walking", arguing that the Russian president would ne'er forgive the Wagner boss.

During Friday's league telephone with journalists, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the BBC determination was "lots of speculation" astir the "tragic" deaths of each 10 radical successful Wednesday's aerial clang successful the Tver region, north-west of the Russian capital.

Prigozhin and his right-hand antheral Dmitry Utkin, arsenic good arsenic 5 different passengers and 3 unit members, were connected committee of the Embraer Legacy 600 jet, according to the rider list.

"In the West, of course, this speculation comes from a definite angle. It's each a implicit lie," Mr Peskov went on.

"We don't person galore facts astatine the moment, the facts request to beryllium clarified during the authoritative probe which is being carried retired now," helium added.

And contempt the jet's manifest, Mr Peskov refused to beryllium drawn connected whether the Kremlin had confirmation that Prigozhin was decidedly connected committee the downed plane.

The aboriginal of Wagner itself has besides been thrown further into uncertainty by Prigozhin's presumed death.

On Friday, Belarus' person Aleksander Lukashenko that up to 10,000 Wagner fighters would proceed to beryllium based successful the country.

However, galore experts judge that Mr Lukashenko takes orders from the Kremlin.

President Putin stayed soundless implicit the clang for astir 24 hours, earlier expressing condolences to each the victims' families.

He besides described Prigozhin arsenic a "talented person" who "made superior mistakes successful life".

But from the infinitesimal the level came down, determination has been frenzied speculation astir what caused the crash.

The Pentagon says it believed the Wagner main was astir apt killed, portion a US authoritative told CBS News that the astir apt origin of the clang was an detonation connected committee the plane.

Villagers adjacent the clang tract successful the Tver portion accidental they heard a large bang earlier seeing a level falling retired of the sky.

Another theory, raised by a Prigozhin-linked Telegram channel, suggested that the pitchy had been changeable down by Russian anti-aircraft fire. This has not been confirmed, and connected Thursday the Pentagon said determination was nary accusation to bespeak this.