have? the difficult thing with the russians is have? the difficult thing with the russians is whether have? the difficult thing with the russians is whether to have? the difficult thing with the russians is whether to suspect . have? the difficult thing with the i russians is whether to suspect that they are incompetent or whether to suspect that they are deliberately targeting civilian buildings. it can t be both at the same time, or rather it is either incompetence or deliberate malice. but it is now a regular pattern that civilian buildings, whether it be apartment buildings, whether it be apartment buildings or cafe is, get hit. you would think that the fighting force thatis would think that the fighting force that is supposed to be the second best in the world would be able to send its missiles in the direction of the intended target, or otherwise it really is the case that they did intend to kill civilians. intend to kill civilians. we ve talked about intend to kill civi
landed in minsk shortly after the rebellion, but not much since. and today, at a press conference in minsk, mr lukashenko said the question of whether the wagner units would relocate to belarus was still in the balance, and would depend on the decisions taken by moscow and by wagner. as for prigozhin, he is in st petersburg. he may have gone to moscow this morning or somewhere else. he is not on the territory of belarus. our russia editor steve rosenberg was at that news conference. well, less than two weeks ago, we were told that alexander lukashenko, the leader of belarus, had brokered a deal under which the wagner mutiny would end and yevgeny progozhin would move from russia to belarus, and any wagner fighters who wanted tojoin him in belarus could. today, mr lukashenko told us that actually, yevgeny progozhin is not in belarus, he was in st petersburg and he may be in moscow today. and, the wagnerfighters
leader was in exile indefinitely, think again. what does that mean for the war in ukraine? difficult day for number ten. the standards committee says former government whip, chris pincher, should be suspended for eight weeks for groping two men in a london club. it will likely trigger another by election. alongside that, the cabinet office lost a legal challenge today to prevent the covid inquiry from seeing borisjohnson s unredacted whatsapp messages and diaries. we will get into a busy day in westminster. but let us begin with that news from belarus that the boss of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, has returned to russia according to the belarusian leader alexander lu kashenko. mr prigozhin, who led wagner s mutiny in russia last month, was supposed to have gone into exile in belarus and yet the belarusian leader says he may now be back in st petersburg. for the past week or so, his whereabouts has been something of a mystery. we know his private jet had
as for prigozhin, he is in st petersburg. he may have gone to moscow this morning or somewhere else. he is not on the territory of belarus. the only thing that the kremlin is concerned about is potential for next armed rebellions from other actors and they are also really concerned about making sure that prigozhin doesn t go down as a martyr. so what is happening, what is actually going on who knows? good evening, it is good to be back on the programme after a period of extended leave. the back is on the mend, i think, post surgery. thank you to everyone who sent such kind messages. and a good night to return, plenty for us to get into including the claim that yevgeny prighozin is back in russia. if you thought the wagner
now we also talked about nuclear- weapons because the kremlin has said that it is moving tactical nuclearl weapons from russia to belarus. alexander lukashenko said that some had arrived and that more would arrive by the end of the year. now, a short while ago, he said that, god - forbid, he should actually have l to take the decision to use those weapons. well, i said to him, these - are not your weapons to take the decision to use. they are russian weapons. well, he said, well, if ukraine could fight with other people s weapons, meaning sort - of nato weapons, then why can t i? how concerned how concerned were how concerned were washington and nato be with the response like that from lukashenko? from lukashenko? lukashenko is clearl a from lukashenko? lukashenko is clearly a leader from lukashenko? lukashenko is clearly a leader who from lukashenko? lukashenko is clearly a leader who is from lukashenko? lukashenko is clearly a leader who is keen - from lukashenko? luka