on in the direction of moscow, in a direct challenge to the authority of president putin. the kremlin leader called it treachery. russia, he said, had been stabbed in the back, the mutineers would be punished. but by evening, a deal had been done to end the insurrection. even though russian servicemen had been killed, there would be no charges against yevgeny prigozhin and his wagner troops. they would have to leave russia, but the agreement left the kremlin looking weak. this was vladimir putin in the city of kursk, commemorating the soviet victory in a famous world war ii battle. there s been no comment yet from the president on the plane crash. on the streets of moscow tonight, there was a mixed reaction. i couldn t care less, he says.
they rolled unopposed into the city of rostov. their demands the removal of russia s senior military leadership, who they blamed for setbacks on the battlefield. there were these extraordinary scenes as the paramilitary chief admonished russian generals. and then they marched on in the direction of moscow, in a direct challenge to the authority of president putin. the kremlin leader called it treachery. russia, he said, had been stabbed in the back, the mutineers would be punished. but by evening, a deal had been done to end the insurrection. even though russian servicemen had been killed, there would be no charges against yevgeny prigozhin and his wagner troops. they would have to leave russia, but the agreement left the kremlin looking weak. this was vladimir putin in the city of kursk, commemorating the soviet victory
ukraine where prigozhin s fighters are gathered. medusa, an investigative outlet critical of putin is also reporting that russia domestic intelligence services asking wagner fighters not to obey prigozhin s criminal and treacherous orders, and to take steps to detain him. other russian generals, like the one seen here seated next to a rifle, or appealing to fighters to ignore the calls for a billion. prigozhin attempted to clarify today, by the way, that is not attempting a coup, but government officials and ukraine are saying that a column of wagner soldiers have now passed checkpoints in the direction of moscow. and a new audio posted by prigozhin says his fighters are now inside russia. there s a lot here, and we have not confirmed any of this information independently, we have just gathered for you now, and we will let you know what we do, and when we can confirm it. but the impact, and the fear that this is generating not just inside russia, but around the world is palpable.
fighters to ignore the calls for a billion. prigozhin attempted to clarify today, by the way, that is not attempting a coup, but government officials and ukraine are saying that a column of wagner soldiers have now passed checkpoints in the direction of moscow. and a new audio posted by prigozhin says his fighters are now inside russia. there s a lot here, and we have not confirmed any of this information independently, we have just gathered for you now, and we will let you know what we do, and when we can confirm it. but the impact, and the fear that this is generating not just inside russia, but around the world is palpable. russian stocks are now down more than 3% in after hours trading, and the batters running at the bottom of the 24 a russian state television channels say that the statements in the action of prigozhin amount to a call for
let s not give any type of calculations to the enemy that they re not paying attention, that they now are weakened, that their back is turned and they re focused in the direction of moscow. let s not do that. stay on plan. stay focused. maneuver, use fires, good intelligence, continue to determine where the russian forces are weak and then exploit those. let s not pay attention to the strategic basketbble. to be frank and to be fair, we have not heard, those of us outside ukraine, have not seen huge results from this counteroffensive. a huge amount of rhetoric was put on that, a huge amount of expectations. it s sort of plodding along. our correspondent there ben wedeman has reported that they ve seen a lot of armor, of