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hello, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield in atl atlanta, alongside wolf blitzer in london. thank you for joining us for this special coverage. an uneasy calm in russia, after an extraordinary 36 hours that saw an armed insurrection, led by the head of the mercenary wagner group, evgeyevgeny prigo. his whereabouts are unknown after the kremlin said he struck a deal to stand down. the agreement allows prigozhin to be exiled to belarus and have all charges against him dropped. prigozhin will answer questions hen he has proper communication. in a dramatic announcement, the head of the wagner group said his troops would turn around after coming within just 120 miles from moscow. translator: therefore, realizing all of the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps. according to the plan. it was the most serious challenge to vladimir putin s rule. wagner s s
he s turning his forces around from a march towards the russian capital potentially ending an apparent military coup against putin, but it remains unclear whether the most significant challenge from vladimir putin during his more than two-decades hold on pow er is truly over. the kremlin says as part of the deal wagner fighters will return to base and not face legal action for taking part in the march. the wagner chief said to be heading to neighboring belarus. u.s. intelligence officials tell cnn they believe prigoshin had been planning a major challenge to russia s military leadership for quite some time but were surprised by the rapid escalation of the situation. the white house says it s closely monitoring events in russia and that president biden is being continually updated by his national security team. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in london, and this is a special edition of the situation room. announcer: th
hi there, everyone. i m nicole wallace, thanks for being here with us. we ve got a lot of places you get your news today, we re glad you re joining us. four pm in the east, it s 11 pm in moscow. we re following breaking news this hour, with the latest on the revolt unfolding in russia. and we see news is confirming, yevgeny prigozhin is the head of the wagner group, which is a private mercenary army in russia, that s done a lot of the fighting in the war in ukraine. he has called for his moscow bound convoy to stand down for now. that s only after advancing to within 120 miles of the city of moscow. in the biggest threat to russian president vladimir putin s grip on power that we ve ever seen. prigozhin sent a voice note, signaling that the forces would stand down, saying the group understands, quote, the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides. we are turning back our convoys, and going back to field camps, according to the plan. this comes just hours a
yesterday. but still so many questions about the wagner group s descent into russia. it ended almost as quickly as it began. yevgeny prigozhin s mercenaries got within 120 miles of moscow, the only to turn back to the races after a deal was brokered to prevent the armed rebellion. a spokesperson for the kremlin saying the wagner group leader will avoid prosecution and be exiled in belarus. his troops will be given the option to join russian military forces. prigozhin seen leaving russia last night as crowds cheered him on. meanwhile, new reporting revealing that u.s. spy agencies had indications, quote unquote, days earlier that prigozhin has been stockpiling weapons with plans to take on russian defense officials. i m obviously not going to comment on intelligence matters. what i can say is this, i think it s been no secret that many people over many months and that these tensions were rising, they were brewing. prigozhin was already saying extraordinary things about russi