That the wagner troops won t be punished and will actually go back to their camps. that was unexpected, the day beginning with president putin saying there was a mutiny. the actions were taken extraordinarily seriously, the lightning advance, unexpected, to take this with the success we have seen, the wagner group did come across some fire in the region with the move from rostov on don to voronezh, the move from crimea to rostov on don, they say they went through without any fire being shot. an unexpected cop, but for the wagner group to take on this type of role, you wonder what the purpose and intention is behind such a move when they retreated following those negotiations, and it seems like business as usual. will we see the wagner group take on the type of role that they have played for russia and beyond ukraine into africa and the middle east, will they continue to do so? it is a wonder whether they will play that
Stop i think russians have been following along, i think it is right that it following along, i think it is right thatitis following along, i think it is right that it is a really restricted information environment, but i think russians have been following along, especially in rostov as well. we saw people live streaming this. i think it will be difficult for russians to get away from the events of the past day or so. get away from the events of the past da or so. ., ., , ., ., day or so. you have been monitoring the life and day or so. you have been monitoring the life and work day or so. you have been monitoring the life and work of day or so. you have been monitoring the life and work of vladimir - day or so. you have been monitoring the life and work of vladimir putin i the life and work of vladimir putin for many years. is there any chance that this will make him think, perhaps it s time i step down? absolutely not. i think over the past day this is really illustrated for put
The last 24 hours exposing weakness in the kremlin and placing at risk the operational headquarters in rostov on don, diverting the attention of russian soldiers and probably decreasing morale of russian front line soldiers presents a huge opportunity for ukrainian counteroffensive and now, it is the time to strike while the s attention is divided and my russia has to look not only to the west to the ukrainian counteroffensive but also increasingly to the east and wondering about the loyalties of forces in russia itself. what wondering about the loyalties of forces in russia itself. forces in russia itself. what you think happens forces in russia itself. what you think happens next forces in russia itself. what you think happens next year- forces in russia itself. what you think happens next year was - forces in russia itself. what you think happens next year was my forces in russia itself. what you - think happens next year was my cat prigozhin go developers, can is meant the ess
Rostov on don, the headquarters of the southern military discourse of the southern military discourse of the russian command structure it eventually turned north and move towards moscow is just unbelievable. equally unbelievable is the reversal of all this, and the last several hours, with the suggestion that everything will be forgiven and forgotten in vladimir putin s mutiny that he labelled a mutiny somehow just being dismissed. i do not think this is over and we should not by the recent explanation that everything will be ok. and i think there s much more to come wagner. nato leaders watching this, what do you think they would ve been making essentially seeing a challenge from inside russia? they will be reviewing a defence plant which is already on the high level readiness
With chants of support as they begin their retreat after tensions appear to deflate. their convoy came within a few hundred kilometres of moscow before an agreement to de escalate was reached. the kremlin now says it will drop charges against the wagner leader and will not prosecute wagner fighters after earlier accusing the group leader of treason. it s been an extraordinary 2a hours. wagner, the private military company which works closely with the russian government, has pulled back from rostov on don that s according to the governor there. a huge convoy had been heading towards moscow in what vladimir putin had described as an attempted mutiny. chanting and these are images of locals chanting wagner as the troops from the mercenary group were leaving rostov. these are tanks boarding trucks and leaving the area.