this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
little bit i don t think this was a rebellion directed toward putin. i think prigozhin sincerely and politically held to the narrative that i putin is making bad decisions it s because he s l informed and he was going to march with this man through all of russia. it is a medieval way inform putin so he would then fire the minister of defense and create order. he found himself, once he started shooting down russian army helicopters he found himself in a coup that he didn t need to start. it was a de facto coup, in that i think it allowed lukashenko to negotiate with him. i will agree with van, that this is the biggest opening that we have seen in the sense that we have been 23 years there s been one political actor in russia and that political actor is the person
our david mckenzie joins us live from zimbabwe. what can you tell us? john and poppy, it certainly is a tense situation here in the capital of zimbabwe. we were out on the streets. there are troops moving through the capital and also holding key strategic points. they ve taken over the state broadcaster in a dramatic early morning statement. they got on national tv here and said this is not a coup, but, in fact, everything that we re seeing is that this is a de facto coup, takeover of power. the 93-year-old president robert mugabe, who s ruled this country longer than most people have been alive here, is holed up in his residence, we believe, under detention. this is all part of a factional b basil in the ruling party. the u.s. embassy is closed today. they re asking for american citizens here to shelter in place. a very tense time and a lot of questions still remain unanswered. john, poppy?
okay, thank you. congressman chris stewart. thank you so much for being with us. good to be with you, sir. thank you. all right, what looks like an apparent coup in a key african nation. we re talking about zimbabwe. the country s president confined to his home with troops at the door. stay with us. ( ) i feel like fire ( ) the 2018 cadillac xt5. worship me beauty, greater than the sum of its parts. come in for our season s best offers and drive out with the perfect 2018 cadillac xt5. get a low-mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around $379 per month. $107.00 at.doggie lovers warehouse? [woman] an alert from wells fargo?adillac xt5 no. i would never.
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