russian regular army units would join him in that. early on, as we were discussing earlier in the day, they noticed that many russian units did not seem to be challenging prigoshin s advance. though not perhaps joining him. at least not challenging him, letting him pass by. what isn t clear is there was a critical mass of other forces joining him in this challenge here, and that could have been influential factor in what we ve seen just in the last couple of hours there. a reversal by prigoshin and his forces and now seeing them leave, head back to their camps, to their bases. very important, indeed. jim sciutto reporting for us. thank you. cnn s ben wedeman also is tracking what s going on and getting reaction from inside ukraine. he s live in zaporizhzhia in the war zone in ukraine and joining us right now. ben what are you learning? what s the situation there? reporter: well, i must say, wolf, it has ban longeen a long