Last 24 hours only add emphasis to the perception- the perception. what you think the us military generals the perception. what you think the us military generals will the perception. what you think the us military generals will also - the perception. what you think the us military generals will also be i us military generals will also be thinking about putin s grip on power and this timeline? i thinking about putin s grip on power and this timeline? and this timeline? i think the us military perspective and this timeline? i think the us military perspective will- and this timeline? i think the us military perspective will be - and this timeline? i think the us military perspective will be one | military perspective will be one that i related earlier this presents an opportunity, and operational opportunity for ukrainian counteroffensive and now is the time to take advantage of that. and counteroffensive and now is the time to take advantage of that. to take advantage of that.
It was alexander lukashenko who went on to do that. let s go back to how the day started. back to 2014, russia annexed crimea, and a number of the troops involved in that annexation were from, went on to join the wagner group. at that point, the vacuously group had just come to the surface. there are 5000 troops that were part of that group in 2014, and now, years later, we heard that they have amassed 50,000. that began with a move to rostov on don, and then up further through the m4 to voronezh and then lipetsk, and then that went up to kaluga. it felt like it would get up to moscow, but didn t quite. we have heard that the wagner mercenary groups have left rostov on don. we have also heard
Rostov on don, welcomed by the russian people, even portions of it headed to moscow on the m4 highway in the tomorrow simply return without incident to the front lines of ukraine. there is more to the story that will play out in the coming hours and days we will be watching it closely. in coming hours and days we will be watching it closely. watching it closely. in other countries watching it closely. in other countries will watching it closely. in other countries will be watching it closely. in other countries will be watched i watching it closely. in other- countries will be watched closely. china has been walking a tight line. and what about internationally we have seen countries like china, india, turkey walking a tightrope when it comes to support for putin. will there be any reconsidation of this, based on how they perceive putin s grip on power? it will make i think president xi jinping and the chinese communist party jinping and the chinese communist pa j . . ., jinpin
Do not know what s going to happen here other than prigozhin going in the wagner group will be integrated into the russian military. and the wagner group will be integrated into the russian military. into the russian military. and what we did see over into the russian military. and what we did see over this into the russian military. and what we did see over this past into the russian military. and what we did see over this past 24 - into the russian military. and what we did see over this past 24 hours| we did see over this past 24 hours was that and what we did see over this past 24 hours prigozhin claimed that his troops got within 200 km of moscow. what do you make of how close they reportedly got? it says a couple of things. first of all, let s go back to the command centre in the south there. i was it seized without a shot fired? in either the russians capitulated and gave their headquarters to the wagner group where they vanished? i don t know. i suspect that president put
Thank you so much, rich. it s now been just over four hours since we heard that this lightning like advance to kaluga, almost to moscow, had taken a turn and that the wagner mercenary group are retreating. we had a statement saying that this was to avoid bloodshed. i mean, but the scale of this we heard from president putin earlier in the day saying that this was an attempted mutiny, the advance from crimea, rostov on don all the way up to kaluga. i mean, moscow said that the wagner group fighters will not be punished. we have heard had a statement from the kremlin, power goes into will not be punished. any criminal charges against him will be dropped and he will go to belarus. that was from kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskov, who said wagner troops would be returning to their camps. now, let s take a look at the man behind these negotiations, belarusian president alexander lu kashenko. here with president putin. just a few weeks ago, he was the man behind these negotiations that halte