some stunning new video from wagner cheerers. the pullout comes hours after wagner claimed it had taken control of the area. it was part of the march toward moscow that seemed to be the start of a military coup. but now the wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin is reportedly heading to belarus and he says his troops are returning to what he described as field camps. i want to bring in retired u.s. army colonel vindman. great to see you. don t you think this was probably the biggest threat vladimir putin has ever faced? and doesn t that threat really continue at this point? well, he certainly very much
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of wagner s field camps was deliberately bombed by russian forces on the personal order of shoigu, who he claimed was in rostov-on-don. which is where prigozhin s forces have centered. joining me now, nbc s chief forest correspondent, richard engel, richard, you understand both this war and specifically the wagner group. and prigozhin, very very well, you and i spoke last night, you have had the day in taipei to digest and talk to people about this. where is your head at now about what s happening in russia? well, we are talking to u.s. military officials, two intelligence officials, following the news as best we can. there is a lot of information swirling. some of it unverified. but what is clear is that this leader of a mercenary army, prigozhin, he is launching a
chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh. nick, these are fast-moving developments, historic moments unfolding. what s the latest? reporter: we have a full 180 from yevgeny prigozhin, the head of wagner, moving quietly into the southern city, on the outskirts of moscow s the main capital city. to suddenly now saying indeed he s decided to turn around his forces and put them in field camps. images emerging of those same forces leaving rostov possibly to go back toward ukraine. a startling day which still at this point doesn t make an awful lot of sense. in fact, we re getting more information on the kremlin s take on what s happened today from the kremlin spokesperson, demetri peskov, who has said that yevgeny prigozhin after leaving his armed forces it seems almost to within distance