gave earlier, but what has prigozhin secured in order to turn off his advance, what leverage is being used against him? his main beef is with the heads of the military, and the heads of the ministry of defense, what lies in store for? them what is their? fate all we know for now is that prigozhin is not going to face criminal charges anymore, he is going to be off exiled and galleries, presumably still able to talk and expressed his opinions, but what does it mean for his fighters on the? ground the war in? ukraine and also the future sustainability of the putin regime? and, debra, in terms of the wagner group and their future involvement in the war in ukraine, what happens then? well, that is a big question, they have a been a fundamental element in terms of cannon father, throwing many of them convicts, seemingly without care for their well-being, towards ukrainian forces, they
military helicopter there. an oil depot too was set ablaze, and a convoy of fighters heading for moscow. authorities scramble to build roadblocks to slow their advance. but as yevgeny prigozhin s it was an unexpected u-turn. a deal versus key allies alexander lukashenko of belize has led the man once called putin s pitiful to step back. he s now leading leaving massive uncertain. vladimir putin may have faced down the greatest threat in his 23 year grip on power, but the new images of troops preparing in moscow and the threat of armed insurrection could do lasting damage to the kremlin and the authority of the president. diana magnay, sky news, sky s defense and security
kremlin was also making peace, saying prigozhin will no longer face criminal charges, and instead will relocate to next door belarus. whether it was all just, theater or a genuine threat to the state, one thing is, certain the drama in russia is far from over. debra haynes, sky news. well, wagner mercenary forces have been central to russia s war efforts in ukraine, most notably leading the capture of the town of bakhmut. that is even as the rebellion headed towards moscow, there was little concern from residents in ukraine s east as they assess the damage of yet another missile strike. our international editor dominic is in the central ukrainian city of dnipro, and sent us this report. whatever is going on in
his advance and what leverage is being used against him? his main beef is with the head of the military and the heads of the ministry of defense, what lies in store for them and what is their faith? all we know for now is that prigozhin is not going to face criminal charges anymore and he s going to be off, excellent batteries, presumably able to talk and expresses opinion. but what does it mean for his on the ground and the war in ukraine and also the feature of sustainability of the regime our security and defense editor deborah haynes there. let s have a look at some of the latest reaction to events in this was a statement from the white house yesterday. president biden spoke today with president emmanuel macron of france, chancellor olaf scholz of germany and prime minister rishi sunak of the united kingdom. the leaders discussed the situation in russia. they also affirmed their unwavering support of ukraine. it was almost identical to what
editor deborah haines says it is still to achieve. and we knew what was going to happen in terms of vladimir putin and in terms of prigozhin and his men had said they d advance to uncertainty and we re planning to march on moscow. a day later after this extraordinary unfolding of events there is missile fired, fires blazing and troops, forces, mercenary forces moving towards moscow. and suddenly the off and then turned back, and it is very, very confusing as what exactly has been achieved, what exactly is he attempting in the first place. clearly, president putin has been rattled from that statement he gave earlier. but what has prigozhin secured in order to secure his advance what leverage against him? his main beef is that the heads of the military and the heads