rostov on don, welcomed by the russian people, even portions of it headed to moscow on the m4 highway in the tomorrow simply return without incident to the front lines of ukraine. there is more to the story that will play out in the coming hours and days we will be watching it closely. in coming hours and days we will be watching it closely. watching it closely. in other countries watching it closely. in other countries will watching it closely. in other countries will be watching it closely. in other countries will be watched i watching it closely. in other- countries will be watched closely. china has been walking a tight line. and what about internationally we have seen countries like china, india, turkey walking a tightrope when it comes to support for putin. will there be any reconsidation of this, based on how they perceive putin s grip on power? it will make i think president xi jinping and the chinese communist party jinping and the chinese communist pa j . . ., jinpin
become wagnerfighters, many amongst those ranks went on to become wagner fighters, so well known in this part of the world. rostov on don is a key city here, kilometres from this area, the ukrainian border and that is where yevgeny prigozhin took his forces to last night. it is important to remind ourselves that he said he was able to take rostov on don with his forces quote without firing a single shot. they then made their way north on this m4 road towards the city of voronezh, that was not such a smooth operation, they said they came under russian air strikes including by helicopter gunships, he did not provide any evidence for that but said that s what happened. the key thing about this city is that it is halfway between rostov on don and moscow, 500 kilometres to voronezh and 500 more to moscow as you can see only map there. we had from the governor in lipetsk earlier on, he said he had seen wagnerfighters in
way towards the capitol, moscow. vladimir putin says russia is facing a battle for its future, in the face of an armed mutiny in the country. the president has accused the group of treason, and has signed a law permitting 30 day detentions for breaking martial law in places where it has been imposed. so here s where things are currently. the head of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his fighters have taken over rostov on don. tanks were seen in the city earlier today, which is the military command centre for the russian army s war in ukraine. then, as i mentioned, wagner troops also appear to be taking action in the voronezh region, which lies half way between rostov and moscow, over 600 kilometres north on the m4 highway. there are reports of fighting between russian troops and wagner mercenaries in and around the city of voronezh. an arms dump in the city has been set on fire.
The Syrian government seeks to strengthen its military presence in Ain Issa and the area overlooking the M4 international highway, which are under control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.