Wagner revolt: How many planes and people did Russia lose?

President Putin says Russian pilots were killed during warring with Wagner forces implicit the weekend. It besides appears to beryllium the lawsuit that respective craft were destroyed.

BBC Verify has been piecing unneurotic what is known astir the losses.

President Putin referred to "fallen leader pilots" successful a connection connected 26 June. However, helium didn't spell into item astir the fig of casualties oregon craft lost.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the brag of the Wagner mercenary group, said his forces had deed Russian craft which "were dropping bombs and launching rocket attacks" successful a bid to halt their beforehand towards Moscow.

He voiced regret for having had to sprout down Russian planes.

The Ukrainian authorities claim Wagner forces destroyed six Russian helicopters and a level during their short-lived rebellion connected Saturday.

Some channels connected Telegram, a messaging app fashionable with subject bloggers, person made akin claims astir losses.

BBC Verify has looked astatine dozens of videos taken during the warring betwixt Wagner troops and Russian forces.

This had been wide reported connected assorted societal media channels arsenic an Ilyushin Il-22 - a invaluable craft for the Russian equipped forces to lose.

This is an airborne bid post, from which troops tin beryllium controlled during combat. It serves to nexus main bid centres further distant from the beforehand enactment with troops connected the ground.

BBC Russian says that according to societal media reports, a full of six helicopters were besides brought down, including 2 onslaught helicopters.

Other images of the wreckage powerfully suggested this was a Mi-8 helicopter, due to the fact that of the configuration of the blades.

These are equipped with the latest physics warfare systems, designed to combat crushed and aerial radar, aerial defence systems and anti-aircraft weapons.

In addition, specified helicopters behaviour physics quality gathering.

Pictures of much wreckage besides appeared connected societal media, this clip said to amusement a KA-52 helicopter.

We've not been capable to verify wherever this was from, but portion of the debris shows the fig 72, a codification motion usually linked to the KA-52 helicopter.

This is 1 of the main aerial onslaught trade utilized by Russian forces.

The Kremlin hasn't confirmed however galore unit were killed successful the rebellion.

Mr Prigozhin said nary Wagner fighters died but that "several radical were wounded".

Additional reporting by Thomas Spencer and Benedict Garman