then another casualty arrives from the front. 56 year old alexander. more shrapnel. and yet, as heavy as the fighting still is, there is renewed hope here that a demoralised, divided russian enemy may be in big trouble and that putin s warjust might have reached a turning point. trouble and that putin s warjust might have reached a turning point. lets ta ke lets take a look at the man right at the centre of this. yevgeny prigozhin. he is the commander of the wagner mercenary group, who led his forces north towards moscow. in the last half hour or so, reuters news agency released these photos of him leaving rostov on don, one of the southern cities they took earlier. this isjust come the southern cities they took earlier. this is just come to us the southern cities they took earlier. this isjust come to us in the last 30 minutes or so. we can turn out to a report from arc
merely trying to stockpile for potential coup attempt. the think he started planning the narrative is a list of fallen his military campaign was a few months ago. what list of fallen his military campaign was a few months ago. list of fallen his military campaign was a few months ago. what you make of alexander s was a few months ago. what you make of alexander s reported was a few months ago. what you make of alexander s reported role was a few months ago. what you make of alexander s reported role in - was a few months ago. what you make of alexander s reported role in all - of alexander s reported role in all of alexander s reported role in all of this as an arbiter and potentially what this could potentially what this could potentially look like? after 2020, when he clung potentially look like? after 2020, when he clung to potentially look like? after 2020, when he clung to power potentially look like? after 2020, when he clung to power on - potentially look like? afte
for rebellion within the russian army. his forces started advancing towards moscow, so that s the kind of challenge we were talking about. a very open, a very public challenge, rattling a leader who does not like to be rattled, most of all not to be rattled in public. earlier on in the day, belarus s leader alexander lukashenko described this coup, if we want to call it that, as a gift to the west. is the west going to try and capitalise on what is potentially a slightly weakened vladimir putin now? ~ ., slightly weakened vladimir putin now? ~ . , ., now? well, at the beginning of the da , in now? well, at the beginning of the day. in fact now? well, at the beginning of the day, in fact yesterday now? well, at the beginning of the day, in fact yesterday evening, - now? well, at the beginning of the i day, in fact yesterday evening, when the tensions first started erupting in the open, any of our viewers who are following this on social media, there were those trademark memes from u
public. in a late night kremlin conference for journalists, public. in a late night kremlin conference forjournalists, first of all, apparently, it was the need of belarus, alexander lukashenko, who allegedly negotiated this deal because apparently he has known mr prigozhin for some time. according to the deal, all criminal charges against mr prigozhin will be dropped and he will move to belarus. as for the wagner fighters who took part in this mutiny, they will not be charged orface this mutiny, they will not be charged or face any criminal charges because of their front line service, the kremlin said. those are the bare bones of the deal that has been made public. what you have is, in effect, a situation which has turned round completely because, just a few hours ago, there seemed to be a real danger of a confrontation. mr prigozhin was saying he was going all the way, he was furious with the military leadership of russia and things have turned around and he
a kremlin spokesman says today s events were tragic but a criminal case against the wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin will be dropped and other fighters will not be prosecuted. we ve learned that the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, helped mediate between moscow and wagner. earlier in an audio message posted on the social media site telegram, prigozhin said, the time had come to stand down. take a listen to this english translation. translation: they wanted to disband the wagner. - onjune 23rd, we went out on a justice march. within a day, we were just 200 kilometres away from moscow. during that time, we did not spill a single drop of blood of our fighters. now the moment has come when the blood can be spilt. therefore, understanding all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be spilt on one of the sides, we re turning our comms back and leaving in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan.