Days to come? i administration be looking for in the days to come? days to come? i think we will certainly days to come? i think we will certainly be days to come? i think we will certainly be watching - days to come? i think we will certainly be watching closely| days to come? i think we will. certainly be watching closely as days to come? i think we will- certainly be watching closely as the reports we have seen indicate, and it is not clear that any particular action is needed on the us part. there has been a lot of kerfuffle up and down the m4 highway in russia, but not a whole lot that might be actionable in terms of policy changes from the us side. if you look at the conflict between prigozhin and shoigu and gerasimov, they are really arguing over the most expedient way to destroy ukraine and kill ukrainians. in that sense, i don t think the imperatives in moscow or washington have changed. they need to step up even more support for ukraine having seen these events in moscow
Growing on both sides. one of the sides was going to move in some way, especially because there were already plans to put wagner under the control of the regular russian military soon, so prigozhin made his move and there would always have been extraordinary that he could have marched all the way to moscow, but it would also have been very difficult for vladimir putin to unleash his forces in a group, the wagner group, which until recently he lauded as heroes for their part in ukraine, so prigozhin survives in excel, strips in wagner are not prosecuted and don t get killed. prigozhin survives in exile. i think it is overfor wagner as prigozhin survives in exile. i think it is over for wagner as a prigozhin survives in exile. i think it is overfor wagner as a group that it was but also, for vladimir putin, this damaging, because he has lost a group which had been able to conduct some party for him in ukraine and it s damaged his own credibility, his ability to project strength at hom
Than punishing people. we ll have the latest on a dramatic day from our correspondents steve rosenberg in moscow and andrew harding in eastern ukraine, and i ll bejoined by our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, with her assessment. let s start in moscow with steve rosenberg. yes, just a few hours ago, it seemed as if wagnerfighters yes, just a few hours ago, it seemed as if wagner fighters were on their way to moscow and there seem to be a real danger of confrontation because of that. but in russia things can change part and, for whatever reason, they did so today. this is how the day began. in the russian city of rostov, armed men and armour on the streets. and thanks outside key buildings. and tanks outside key buildings. in control here, the mercenary group wagner, closely linked to the state. they d fought for
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
Thank you so much, rich. it s now been just over four hours since we heard that this lightning like advance to kaluga, almost to moscow, had taken a turn and that the wagner mercenary group are retreating. we had a statement saying that this was to avoid bloodshed. i mean, but the scale of this we heard from president putin earlier in the day saying that this was an attempted mutiny, the advance from crimea, rostov on don all the way up to kaluga. i mean, moscow said that the wagner group fighters will not be punished. we have heard had a statement from the kremlin, power goes into will not be punished. any criminal charges against him will be dropped and he will go to belarus. that was from kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskov, who said wagner troops would be returning to their camps. now, let s take a look at the man behind these negotiations, belarusian president alexander lu kashenko. here with president putin. just a few weeks ago, he was the man behind these negotiations that halte