prigozhin mercenary forces have pretty much taken over that every strategic town of rostov-on-don. i that s a very strategic part of this war. the russian mercenary groups have been launching offensive strikes in ukraine from there, so they ve been key to this battle. prigozhin says they have now taken that town completely. they are now firing eight shots, and what we re hearing now is that he s mercenary forces are moving north. possibly towards moscow, which is an incredibly significant development in what s happening in the last 24 hours, and the most curious challenge to the russian state in recent memory, now, prigozhin was saying that this wasn t a crew he was trying to get rid of the defense minister, shoigu, and the head of the armed forces, but this is a direct challenge to putin s authority when you re trying to remove his top military brass during a conflict with ukraine. what key right now, jonathan, is what happens over the coming hours. the loyalty of the rus
russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing
ultimate in my experience, putin is the ultimate apostle of payback. | ultimate apostle of payback. i know you are not at liberty to disclose intelligence briefings you get on the house intelligence committee but was very sense in us intelligence that prigozhin was indeed not safe and essentially you are waiting for the other shoe to drop? i waiting for the other shoe to dro - ? ~ :, , drop? i think that feeling is laruel drop? i think that feeling is largely probably drop? i think that feeling is largely probably yes. i drop? i think that feeling is largely probably yes. of i largely probably yes. of course, we don t have any evidence to document this at this time. i think over the course of the months and weeks to come, i think we will find this out. i have to say i don t think the story necessarily ends here for that mr prigozhin and mr utkin were the number one and two of wagner but there are many leaders and wagner. many in the middle east and africa. we don t know how they
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
if he is indeed dead then president putin was almost certain to have pulled the trigger, given the 0k, to have directed this killing. itjust demonstrates the kind of regime we see in the kremlin. i demonstrates the kind of regime we see in the kremlin. we see in the kremlin. i was surprised? we see in the kremlin. i was surprised? i we see in the kremlin. i was surprised? i am we see in the kremlin. i was surprised? i am not- we see in the kremlin. i was l surprised? i am not surprised. bill barron surprised? i am not surprised. bill barron s, surprised? i am not surprised. bill barron s, the surprised? i am not surprised. bill barron s, the head - surprised? i am not surprised. bill barron s, the head of - surprised? i am not surprised. bill barron s, the head of the | bill barron s, the head of the cia predicted this. he said a month ago this was to be expected. putin was humiliated, as you just pointed out. humiliated two months ago when prigozhin turned on him, tu