the house committee. let s look back at the past 2a hours. early friday, prigozhin questioned the war in ukraine, blaming russian defence minister sergei shoigu, claiming he did it to gain military honours. prigozhin called for an armed rebellion and accused the kremlin of hitting his troops with a missile strike on friday. in moscow, security is stepped up as wagner takes rostov on don. on saturday, prigozhin declared 25,000 of his troops crossed the borderfrom ukraine in the early hours of the morning. russian president vladimir putin denounced the criminal adventure and warned of punishments in a tv address. over the course of the day, wagner forces made progress towards moscow, seizing military facilities in voronezh. just hours ago, prigozhin said that he had agreed to stop the movement of his troops, turning them around from their route to moscow. belarus revealed its leader, alexander lukashenko, had been holding talks with prigozhin and putin. russian state media reported pri
moscow denies it. earlier i spoke with former cnn pentagon correspondent and senior fellow at university of southern california, barbara starr for her thoughts on all of this. prigozhin, as we know, is reportedly headed to belarus. is this it for this open feud with the defence ministry? i know it is a huge question, but where could this potentially go? you know, the question does anybody think prigozhin is going to quietly go into retirement and live happily into old age people who challenge russian leadership, that does not often happen to them. so that will be one thing to watch. what will happen with the wagner group? they had some 50,000 fighters inside ukraine, according to the british mod, at one point. and the big question perhaps right now is, what about putin? how damaged is he? is his position weaker?
printing means a weakened lukashenko so certainly this is one of the greatest results of this situation because it will definitely affect the moods inside belarus. it may seem victorious right now, may seem as one who benefited from the situation is this negotiated in chief but i think it is not, in the longer term, it will only affect him. the longer term, it will only affect him- the longer term, it will only affect him. . , ., ., affect him. ultimately, what do ou think affect him. ultimately, what do you think this affect him. ultimately, what do you think this means affect him. ultimately, what do you think this means for - affect him. ultimately, what do you think this means for the . you think this means for the belarusian people? will they be seeing a feud essentially between prigozhin and pretend play out in the open and lukashenko as a strong ally once again of putin? what do they think this will mean for them? i they think this will mean for them? ., , they think this w
been sent to minsk, belarus but the question is what role, what prigozhin would do in minsk? what role he played there? willie stay in power, in of the wagner group and so on? most importantly hear what it shows to us is that lukashenko plays the role of putin s puppet and belarus has become a backyard for russia. d0 belarus has become a backyard for russia- for russia. do we know more about the for russia. do we know more about the deal for russia. do we know more about the deal that for russia. do we know more about the deal that he - about the deal that he reportedly brokered and the reportedly brokered and the reported guarantees? i reportedly brokered and the reported guarantees? i don t have many reported guarantees? i don t have many details reported guarantees? i don t have many details now, - reported guarantees? i don t have many details now, the l have many details now, the kremlin spokesperson said that prigozhin will go to belarus. at the same time, wagner mercen