said that he has spoken to the wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin and that he has agreed to de escalate the situation and stopped the convoy that was marching, heading towards moscow. let s bring in my colleague who has been following all of these developments throughout the day. this is from what we can see a bit of a de escalation but still these tensions do not disappear. thea;r of a de-escalation but still these tensions do not disappear. they do not hand what tensions do not disappear. they do not hand what i tensions do not disappear. they do not hand what i would tensions do not disappear. they do not hand what i would be tensions do not disappear. they do not hand what i would be keen i tensions do not disappear. they do not hand what i would be keen to l not hand what i would be keen to hear now is statement by prigozhin himself that is it really true he has accepted the deal and that he is suspending the movement of his forces towards moscow? what he said early today in t
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the news channel. prigozhin accepted the news channel. prigozhin accepted the proposal to stop the movement of wagner movement, and further steps to to de escalate it. it said it was proving possible to find an acceptable variant of the escalating the situation with security guarantees. i will bring you back in. tell us about the channel, saying the conversation had been agreed. it saying the conversation had been aareed. , ,, , saying the conversation had been aareed. , ,, ., saying the conversation had been aareed. , ., ,., agreed. it is russia s rolling state run tv channel. agreed. it is russia s rolling state run tv channel. thinking - agreed. it is russia s rolling state run tv channel. thinking about i agreed. it is russia s rolling state i run tv channel. thinking about what just happened, it seems both putin and ferguson have talked themselves into an impossible situation. prigozhin. he said he was trying to sort out the defence minister. it didn t happen, and now he says
now moving about 124 miles within just one day. and then just before arriving on the doorsteps of moscow, hearing prigozhin had decided to de-escalate to prevent another bloodied battle. so this partnership this key ally that vladimir putin had for so long, to have this person this hero turned on him, this ll be a lasting impact. not only for his image, but it s also very important to state what this will do for russian soldiers. the russian military has been largely supported by the wagner groups. they have been the ones to go in quickly, to seize some of the contested towns before it is handed over too russian shoulders. so then to see a shift take place in last 24 hours and only for the image of the president before his soldiers and what this will likely mean moving forward. especially as ukraine is targeted spring counteroffensive which no forces turning into the summer counteroffensive do that
and the russians out of ukraine. let s hope this will be the start of the offensive and allow them, the ukraine forces to break through and keep the rest of the russians out. in terms of the earlier point you made, frank made the same point about the head of the army, the defence minister which has of course been the focus so much of his anchor. we wait to see if there are any changes there, whether that is part of the formula. we wait to see whether the wagner group returned to the battlefield, we don t know, we know they are returning to barracks but in terms of the impact this has on russian forces, tell me more because this is on so many different levels, psychological, even logistical with rostov having fallen. , ., ., ., , fallen. entirely and prigozhin has been very direct fallen. entirely and prigozhin has been very direct in fallen. entirely and prigozhin has been very direct in his fallen. entirely and prigozhin has been very direct in his criticism l fallen. entirely a