developments land is happening inside russia, with our reporters and our analysts. let s get an update foichl on w, first of all, on what is happening inside russia. our chief international correspondent chief peyton walsh is tracking these developments. bring us up to speed. it does appear that this column of wagner, we don t know how big they are, but they appear to be moving towards the russian capital moscow, now you saw there, from voronezh, where we heard from state media, of an mi-8 attack helicopter making a hard landing. locals talking about munitions landing causing damage. there and videos of what seems to be a clash with helicopters over the skies there, causing one explosion. so clearly, the violence is moving up the highway towards voronezh. that is essentially halfway on the road from rostov-on-don, the key southern city, you saw the pictures there, from up towards the capital of moscow. now, we re hearing the next region up north, towards moscow, the governor is sayin
began remarkably seizing the key southern town of rostov-on-don, we ve seen their progress up the main highway, the m-4, through voronezh, about halfway up there, the governor now saying that there have been combat measures taken by the russian military. you re seeing now explosions from what looked like to be helicopter-based clashes over that particular city. a projection till landed there. state media showing glass has been blown out and an mi-8 attack helicopter made a hard landing in that particular area. then we have the next region, lupetsk, the governor saying the wagners are move, wagner vehicles are moving through the region. and mperhaps a sign of continue progress. nick paton walsh, thank you very much. we will have much more on how this unfolding, very important
oil facility in that town, and indeed, russian state media reporting that an mi-8 attack helicopter made a hard landing in that area. it is possible that is all related to the same clashes around that particular area. but the ultimate question for us in the hours and days ahead, is what is left of the russian military inside of russia, so much of it sent to the front lines inside of ukraine, that it is willing to stop this wagner advance. wagner do appear to have been relatively large in number, and prepared, as they made these moves yesterday, this whole dispute it seems going on for months, but coming to a head yesterday, when prigozhin, its leader put out a lengthy statement questioning the war and the combat and essentially telling russians they have been lied to and met by an air strike by wagner inside of ukraine and that seemed to have led his forces to be marching toward rostov. pictured relaxed in that essentially equivalent of tampa, florida, where centcom is based
a key important one, captured according to the wagner chief without firing a shot. and some of the video shows a very relaxed situation, him talking to military commanders there, based there, and one in fact seen on the internet, on television, the day before, urging people not to go along with this insurrection, and he was later pictured with prigozhin, the wagner chief, and another commander, talking, prigozhin at one point admonishing one of the commanders for using the informal you singular, lack of respect there. and extraordinary scenes in rostov that continues on the highway up to moscow. the town of voronezh, the governor of that region has said there has been combat measures by the russian military, there has been a report in state media of mi-8 attack helicopter taken down in that particular area. further up the road towards moscow, indeed, the government has told people to stay at home
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