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
belarus. tonight uncertainty remains for the people of russia. ukraine and across the globe. alex hogan janes us from london. a dr. plattic day cooling off after a deal was brokered. yevgeny prigozhin calling off his troops just as they were to arrive outside moscow. this is prigozhin leaving rostov-on-don. he vowed not to surrender. russian president vladimir putin vowed harsh punishment. it was the bell rushian president will y wil the bele situation. earlier today russia s towns were packed at train stations in rostov-on-don where people were trying to flee as quickly as possible. in moscow roads were blocked as residents were told to stay inside. the governor of the region surrounding moscow has band all public gatherings for the next week. some neighboring countries to russia beefed up their own security today. leaders of france, germany within poland and others said they are closely following the situation. there is a lot of uncertainty what this means as far as pri
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
we turn first he is live in kyiv for us. looks at their back from the brink in neighboring russia here in kyiv right now. all is quiet but it looks like a lot of damage was done. biggest risk to vladimir putin more than two decades of rule an attempted coup in farm uprisings the men responsible missionary trade you complaining friday about the war with leadership in conduct pulling fighters out of ukraine into the russian city but with little trouble they took over the place. and yes prigozhin sent forces toward moscow with 120 miles of the place. the kremlin bracing for any attack. vladimir putin branding the actions treason. elders of president alexander lukashenko active the authority of putin speaking with prigozhin to change things. the wagner chief agreed to pull back with guaranteed security. the leader confirmed he ordered his fighters to return to field camps in ukraine including those holed up in that russian city. jon, overall it looks like a loss for the mercena
a deal was cut with the chief. video showing the leader yevgeny prigozhin, his forces agreeing to remove themselves from the blood this i group he founded. as for its leader, he goes to exile in belarus. he s safe, no charges. so much of what we are reporting is difficult to rationalize and confirm. but what does it mean to the ukraine war. financing it has been a disaster from the day russia invaded for russia and a bunch of civilians. they suffered over 200,000 casualties. let s get the latest from kyiv. give us the latest. reporter: it looks like we are back from the brink in neighboring russia. but it looks like there has been a lot of damage done to a lot of different folks. it was the biggest challenge to president vladimir putin. three decades in office. the man who is responsible. the wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin complaining about the war and military conduct. then pulling this fighters out of the fight and into rostov-on-don . they basically took over th