reveals weakness of the regime. advisers saiz yevgeny prigozhin almost nullified putin with thin zurich s. cnn had more on what could be next for russia s leader. you have to say the odds are that putin will consolidate power around him, that he will be able to establish completes control than remember, yevgeny prigozhin has 25,000 people. putin s personal presidential guard has 200,000. the russian ar reply has hubs of thousands of people. all the regional governors all the major figures in russia back putin. there isn t a sense here of a downward spiral out of control. what we saw was a chink in the armor that seemed completely bulletproof. but let s note exaggerates. at this point it doesn t seem
began, six days and months ago russian president lukashenko has been one of vladimir putin s few close allies, but their relationship goes back further. nic robertson has more. alexander lukashenko rules belarus like a personal fiefdom president since its creation in 1994 he gets little opposition. dubbed last dick tear lukashenko has come to be defined by his fealty to russian president vladimir putin transforming belarus into a near vassal state. putin used lukashenko and belarus to help launch his 2022 invasion of ukraine, driving tanks over belarus s border
rebellion came to sudden end but not before significant damage had been done to the leadership of president vladimir putin. what is being said in ukraine about russia s brief insurrection and how might this affect the way this war plays out? i mean you would have been talking to your contacts obviously in ukraine. actually in ukraine, the main direction was focussed on the political damage and the image of us so to say strong regime of mr. putin as it was perceived in many countries including in the west and example this rebellion shows the institutional system under mr. putin was taingt in this first day of the mutiny attempt that the system which putin actually tried to build up when all the branches of security law enforcement bodies
inevitable punishment. the creme line announced counterterrorism measures tightening security in moscow. but by saturday night, suddenly a kremlin reversal, putin spokesman announced a deal. yevgeny prigozhin released an audio message saying his troops would turn around and goal back to field camps to avoid shedding russian blood. supporters chanted, wagner, as fighters drove out of rostov giving yevgeny prigozhin handshakes as he left in this suv. the kremlin says it s dropped charges and yevgeny prigozhin will go to belarus, while promising his fighters contracts with the russian military. for now a crisis apparently averted but this very public betrayal and the mercenary short but unimpeded march on moscow
the united states. president zelenskyy has discussed russia s internal conflict with other world leaders including canadian prime minister justin trudeau. on the front lines, ukraine s military claims to have gained some ground around bathmut. ukraine president says russia s crisis is the result of its own aggression [speaking foreign language] the longer the russian aggression lasts the more trouble it causes in russia itself. in our conversations with the leaders we have exchange our assessment of what is happening in russia. we see the situation in the same