Karate and russian expert, some of the dependent. very good morning. welcome to sky news breakfast. the rebellion by russian mercenary leader, evgeny prigozhin, appears to be over. within 24 hours, his forces had taken the southern city of rostov-on-don, communications have for the war in ukraine and sent an armored column to within 124 miles of moscow. russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people and said they were traitors. but in a deal negotiated with pillars, the kremlin now says that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country, and his forces will not be prosecuted. just a reminder of what happened. the rebellion began early on saturday morning. and rostov-on-don, one wagner group forces occupy the
About 500 miles of moscow. in four motorway towards moscow. russian forces then erected defensive positions and blockaded main roads and along the the order was given for the mercenaries to stand down. our moscow correspondent, diana magnay, had this report. if any prigozhin cheered for crisis point. it was a rebellion that ended as quickly as it began. armed wagner mercenaries leaving rostov-on-don less than a day after they took it over. trucks call off his troops. translator: the time has come when blood might be shed. therefore, conscious that russian blood might be shared by one of the parties, we are turning a calms around and moving back to the field camps.
i did. now i don t anymore. one of the reasons is that one of the images that struck me yesterday was of these russian civilians and rostov drinking cappuccino and what their iphones filming armed man on the ground with kalashnikovs taking aim at random target. we don t know what they were aiming at. other images of one thing going up to these wagner mercenaries and asking to have selfies with them, shaking hands. we ve had images of rostov record have to leave that, some of that, on that striking image. we will see you again next hour. we will have all of the latest on that situation in russia. the rebellion, it appears to be called off at the top of the hour. stay with us. with us
Might be shared by one of the parties, we are turning our columns around and moving back to the field camps. in return, prigozhin was sent into exile in belarus, the criminal charges against him dropped. other wagner rebels will be prosecuted either. despite president putin s tv address 12 hours earlier, threatening punishments for criminals armed mutiny translator: we are fighting for the life and security of our citizens and our territorial integrity. it s an attempt at subversion from inside. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a step in the back of our troops and the people of russia. wagner forces had seized the city of rostov-on-don, a crucial for russia s offensive in ukraine. then had kept in confrontation. prigozhin declared himself on the hunt for justice,, accusing russia s military chief of killing his man.
Breakfast. our top stories russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin called off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agreed to leave russia after talks with the leader of belarus. the kremlin says he won t be prosecuted. faulkner troops have also begun to leave the southern city of rostov where the began. just hours earlier, vladimir putin had called the rebellion treason. in moscow, residents have been told to avoid traveling and all mass outdoor events are canceled until next month. and, of course, with events in russia dominating the sunday papers, we will run through them with the editor peter conrad and