very little pushback, anita. he s taken over the main military headquarters demanding to see the russian defense chief and the head of the military. of but the other front that we re watching closely is it seems that he has sent about 5,000 of his mercenary members up the highway towards moscow, could be within about 200 miles. not much resistance either from the russian military inside russia, but we knew that the kremlin is on high alert, sort of a counterterrorism regime. vladimir putin, of course, has been lashing out how. many a video earlier today, he said that prigozhin s actions were internal betrayal, treason, and he s promising a harsh response which, frankly, we haven t seen yet. yes, here in kyiv still russia is waging its war against ukraine. we saw 20 the cruise missiles come in overnight here. just about all of them were shot down, but there was some damage. later on in an online message ukrainian president zelenskyy had this to say about what was happening in
wagner mercenary group, they ve been fighting for russia against ukraine, accusing that leader of betraying russia. and tonight, we hear from that leader for the first time. audio only, he has not been seen since saturday. since the rebellion was halted. so, where is yevgeny prigozhin, who turned on putin? tonight, we have learned that the white house has been in touch with russia, and what president biden is now signaling. ian pannell in ukraine. mary bruce with late reporting from the white house. also this monday night, the severe storms in the east at this hour. thunderstorms, large hail, possible tornadoes from the carolinas, right up through new york. three confirmed tornadoes. dozens of homes destroyed. the tail of a passenger jet struck by lightning. and tonight, the dangerous heat spreading. the father and stepson in a national park. authorities say the son passed out, the father went to get help and crashed in triple digit heat. they believe both were overcome in
office report. we have team coverage on tonight s top story greg palkot and kyiv lucas thomas at the white house often and just file army lieutenant colonel briggs senior affairs correspondent greg palkot in kyiv. looks like russian president vladimir putin is back from the brink after this wild weekend. there was damage done in questions unanswered. the wagner group mercenary fighters left the russian city which they had taken over. as well as going back from close to moscow supposedly heading to camps in ukraine their future unclear. their boss fence you left as well but is his anger with the russian military that is running the war that triggered this attempted armed uprising. only to be defused in the deal that all get off the hook still prigozhin had that of his complaint answer he was sent to belarus but no confirmation he is there. is also to make an appearance since the bone sees the week including hired fighters running rampant through his country seem to have da
group leader yevgeny prigozhin striking a deal to avoid criminal charges. but in exchange she was forced to leave russia for neighboring belarus. locals taken to the streets cheering as a rebel commander left for exile. they even snapped a few selfies with supporters on the way out. he was secretary of state entity blinken sees this rebellion as a site of russia is weakening. what we have seen his extraordinary pre-think about it this way 16 months ago rush up for the doorstep of kyiv in ukraine. believing they would take the capitol the matter of days and race the country from the map as independent country. now what we have seen is russia having to defend moscow, its capitol gets mercenaries of its own making. live fox team coverage on this, lucas tomlinson jeff paulson bias in this fox news contributor scanner here at the and what could happen next. first let s go live it to kyiv seen for affairs correspondent greg palko with the very latest there on the ground. hi e
stopping their march to moscow court hello everyone i m eric shawn this is fox s live. hi arthel. arthel: hi eric hello everyone i am arthel neville but according to reuters the kremlin confirming reports, eric, the belarusian president help mediate with wagner. a major part of the deal the kremlin s and criminal case against prigozhin will be dropped and other fighters will not be prosecuted. so a deal or no deal today stunning developments represent the first major challenge to putin s decades long grip on power. before this latest twist their republican presidential candidate nikki haley spoke with fox news earlier today. she called the rebellion a chance to turn the tide and russia s war on ukraine, listen. brexit is extraordinary to see what is happening. we really need to make sure we are to paying attention. there is an opportunity here put you know putin has been caught flat-footed. clearly they didn t did not see this coming with their intelligence. this is the time