jon: it is perhaps the most serious challenge to the vladimir putin s authority, although at this moment it appears the challenge has edged. yevgeny prigozhin has turned his forces around and is said to be heading back to belarus. let s check in with our greg palkot who s covering the story from that part of the world. greg. reporter: jon, it looks like we re back on the brink in russia just across the border from where we are right now in kyiv, but it also looks like a lot of damage was done. it was the biggest risk to russian president vladimir putin s more than two decades of rule, attempted coup, an armed uprising. the man responsible, evgeni pregoes telephone, complaining friday about the war, then pulling his fighters out of ukraine and into the russian city of rostov-on-don with where, with little trouble, they took over the place. and, yes, prigozhin sent forces towards moscow, within 120 miles, the kremlin bracing for an attack, vladimir putin branding the actions
prigozhin was making demands, that he wanted sergei show guy out as the leader of the army, and he wanted the defense minister sacked. but that, apparently, has not happened. apparently not. prigozhin for a long time has been criticizing harshly shoigu, the defense minister, and gerasimov, the chairman of the joint chiefs. and so for me ghosn to get nothing out of prigozhin to get nothing out of this negotiation with, again, lukashenko who doesn t have much authority anyway, this deal doesn t make sense. it doesn t make sense. jon: it will be fascinating to see what happens over the next 24-48 hours. ambassador william taylor, thanks for your expertise. thank you, jon. jon: so where do things stand between the wagner group and putin s forces now? retired army lieutenant colonel if chuck devore acted as an