zest threat to his power. the lead starts right now. he claimed moments ago that any attempt at internal mutiny will end in defeat, and making an offer to wagner fighter. the bombastic leader of the wagner group also breaking his silence, but after a stunning turn, with you major question remains where is yes againi prigozhin. plus cnn is along the front lines. hear the fall outfrom the it s reverberating across the front lines and the entire region. the kremlin right now says president vladimir putin is meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies after that attempted insurrection threatened putin s iron grip on power. last hour, as bianna mentioned, putin addressed the nation, calling it a mutiny led by traitors who betrayed their country, also offering the wagner fighters who did not participate, a chance to join the former russian military. it s that suggestion that may have led to the insurrection in the first place. earlier today, prigozhin set his was dem
moscow was not to oust putin. here in washington, president joe biden says the united states and the west had nothing to do with the wagner rebellion. now cnn now learning that the u.s. had detailed intelligence on the plans for the mutiny but kept it secret for most of its allies. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com anywhere . putin going public just a short time ago blasting the rebels as traitors as he attempted to show russia and the world that he is still in control. cnn s ben wedeman has been covering it all and what it could mean for the war in ukraine. reporter: tonight, vladimir putin lashes out at those who led an armed rebellion against him. an armed rebellion would ve been suppressed in any case. the organizers of the rebellion could not fail to understand this. they unde
bases. russian ally and neighbor in belarus helped broker a deal with prigozhin, to escalate the situation. prigozhin agreed to leave russia for asylum batters, but not before getting a heroes sendoff from russian residents. [crowd chanting] [sound of gunfire] nbc news correspondent ali arouzi joins me now, live from london. ali, thank you for being here. the situation in russia has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours, what s happening there now? jonathan, it has been an extraordinary 24 hours of mayhem, mutiny. and as quickly as all of this began, it ended. in a nutshell, where are we? the wagner group probably will be incorporated into the russian defense ministry, prigozhin is in exile in neighboring belarus, and vladimir putin is still in power, considerably weaker. and it is really extraordinary what unfolded in russia. very extraordinary how it all started. look at the beginning of the day, vladimir putin made that statement on television, visibly angry, calli
russian mercenary leader per goes after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agreed to leave russia after talks with the leader of belarus the kremlin says he will be prosecuted. wagner troops have also begun to leave the southern city of where the mutiny began. hours earlier vladimir putin had called the rebellion treason. moscow residents have been told to avoid traveling and all of mass outdoor events are canceled until next month. the zelenskyy says the last 24 hours and russia prove the country is in a state of chaos with no one in control. welcome to sky news breakfast, the rebellion by russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears to be over, within 24 hours his forces have taken this southern city of a key communication hope for the word ukraine, sentence armored russian president flipped a knife in the back of our people and call them traitors. in the deal negotiated with belarus the kremlin now says that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the coun
[national anthem] if. will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, the wagner chief who threatened a march toes moscow, an open rebellion, has how now backed down. pete: belarus reportedly brokered the deal that will allow jeff again withny prigozhin to go into exile and end that internal conflict for now. rachel: alexandria hoff is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. good morning. reporter: well, good morning. prigozhin has been paired of the criminal mutiny charges that were against him, and russia avoided a rebellion that was on rack to spark a possible civil war. the wagner group had made it within 125 miles of moscow before prigozhin announced the group would pull back to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin later announced the warlord could leave for belarus without penalty for his mercenaries, and speaking out against russian military leadership. prigozhin formalized the withdrawal. translator: they regarded to dismantle pmc wagner. this a day we wa