are partners for their support. it is really crucial and helps our fighters to move forward. the russian occupants are suffering heavy casualties and we need that. the longer the russian aggression continues, the more degradation that goes into russia itself. one of the examples of such degradation is that the russian aggression is now coming home. as events developed inside russia, the bbc s verify team worked to sift through videos on social media to track the convoy of wagner vehicles. they are now assessing the aftermath. our europe correspondent nick beake has been working with the team and is in the bbc verify hub with more. what exactly happened yesterday adds just how much fighting was there between the wagner mercenaries who said they were going all the way to moscow and the regular russian army? here at bbc verify we have looked at the video and have tried to make sense of all of it. let me
supportive of him, 100% loyal, will find themselves in jail or killed and putin will make a public display of this in order to demonstrate to everybody in russia that there is either death or prison on one side or total loyalty on the other side. and he has to do that as a dictator in order to stay in power. a dictator in order to stay in ower. ., ., i. a dictator in order to stay in ower. ., ., , ., ~ power. and what do you think this could power. and what do you think this could potentially - power. and what do you think this could potentially meet i power. and what do you thinkj this could potentially meet on the battlefield then? what could this mean for ukraine? it is great news for ukraine. first of all, the wagner private military company was the only effective fighting force against the ukrainians. they no longer exist, and many of those people will disburse. the ones thatjoined the regular breaks are going to be led by inferior officers. so, you have wagner disappears, a
means is he is going to start rounding up anybody that he thinks is disloyal, anyone who isn t completely on his side and those people will end up either injail or dead. and those people will end up either in jail or dead. there is going to be a purge in russia that would make stalin blush and that is the only way he can reassert his authority and exit this risky moment that he is in where other people will try the same thing. bill. will try the same thing. bill, do ou will try the same thing. bill, do you think will try the same thing. bill, do you think ultimately - will try the same thing. bill, do you think ultimately that he can survive this? i do you think ultimately that he can survive this? can survive this? i think that this is the can survive this? i think that this is the beginning - can survive this? i think that this is the beginning of - can survive this? i think that this is the beginning of the l this is the beginning of the end for putin but how long that and proc
differences are in all cities like rostov and all of the places that wagner was, so russia is going to have to devote military resources to reinforcing their own internal security, that means less people on the front in ukraine, less resources in ukraine. and, thirdly, what this shows is that the more that ukraine has a success, the more people fight with each other in russia. so, ithink fight with each other in russia. so, i think that all these things really play into ukraine s hands in the counteroffensive and i think this is excellent news for ukraine. this is excellent news for ukraine- this is excellent news for ukraine. ~ ., ., ., ukraine. with all of that in mind, ukraine. with all of that in mind. how ukraine. with all of that in mind, how do ukraine. with all of that in mind, how do you - ukraine. with all of that in mind, how do you think i ukraine. with all of that in i mind, how do you think other countries right now a viewing president putin? i countries right now a
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledges ahead of his state visit to Russia that Beijing will actively promote peace talks to resolve the Ukraine crisis, while his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin welcomes China's readiness to make a meaningful contribution.