jon: it is perhaps the most serious challenge to the vladimir putin s authority, although at this moment it appears the challenge has edged. yevgeny prigozhin has turned his forces around and is said to be heading back to belarus. let s check in with our greg palkot who s covering the story from that part of the world. greg. reporter: jon, it looks like we re back on the brink in russia just across the border from where we are right now in kyiv, but it also looks like a lot of damage was done. it was the biggest risk to russian president vladimir putin s more than two decades of rule, attempted coup, an armed uprising. the man responsible, evgeni pregoes telephone, complaining friday about the war, then pulling his fighters out of ukraine and into the russian city of rostov-on-don with where, with little trouble, they took over the place. and, yes, prigozhin sent forces towards moscow, within 120 miles, the kremlin bracing for an attack, vladimir putin branding the actions
in russia s invasion of ukraine not only in efforts to capture cities like bahkmut, but in the recruitment of much-needed troops. most recently he has criticized russian defense minister sergei shoigu, and this private according to some reports has even pointed to russian president vladimir putin mistakes he believes the russian military has made in ukraine. farce his future with the concern future with the russian government, that all remains very much up in the air. jon? jon: so supposedly, the agreement is a that yevgeny prigozhin is going to take his forces and head to belarus. but the forces are very much needed in russia. would it be just sort of an exile for prigozhin in belarus? he wouldn t take all of his troops there with him, or maybe we don t know yet, huh? reporter: it s hard to tell. and belarus, yes, it is its own country but very much a part of russia, and it leader a defacto sort of, as some would say,
huhsome. ukraine has a big opportunity here, and it might be a good time for ukraine to attack some russian military targets in crimea. jon: dr. rebecca grant, thank you. thank you. jon: much more ahead. stay with us for more fox report. the subway series is taking your favorites to the next level. hold on, chuck! you can t beat the italian bmt. uh you can with double cheese and mvp vinaigrette. double cheese?!? yes and yes! man, you crazy. try the refreshed favorites at subway today.
military contractor business in the same way. but he s made his point and that is to show the terrible price of this war in russia, the shock of getting mercenary forces heading up the freeway towards moscow, and he has shown that putin has him really in a tight spot and is going to have to be rethinking how putin holds control of russia and, of course, what he does about ukraine. prigozhin has made his point. jon: but it would seem that prigozhin probably doesn t have a very long life expectancy at this point given that he mounted what putin referred to as a mutiny. yes, and he has been screaming about the bad russian strategy for months. u.s. intelligence has watched this, and prigozhin has been in a big feud with other russian generals and defense ministry officials. i think this was his gamble to
reporter: yeah, jon, and up until a couple years ago, the 62-year-old was a relatively quiet figure outside of russia. that all changed with not only the invasion of ukraine, but with what happened toed when prigozhin at one point pointed his troops not only at moscow, but seemingly at russian president vladimir putin. oddly enough, the two grew up in the same russian city, what ises now known as st. petersburg, and they ve known each other for roughly 30 years. he came to prominence by earning lucrative catering contracts with the kremlin which earned him not only a bunch of money, but the nickname of putin s chef. but it wasn t until 2014 is when he became heavily involved this military the efforts. that s when russian will have backed separatetists started becoming more active in the donbas. during that same time, the wagner group was founded serving as a private military group involving a network of mercenaries. he and his forces most recently have played a significant role