ayman mohyeldin here with alicia menendez. it is 11 i am in new york, six a.m. in moscow, where kremlin officials are no doubt waking up on edge this morning, unsure of what the day might bring. just hours ago yevgeny prigozhin ordered his forces to halt their march on to the capital city and return to their bases. it was a stunning about face, considering how quickly provisions trips were advancing towards moscow, and an armed rebellion against the russian government. however, we have learned shortly after that russian ally and neighbor in belarus had negotiated a deal to de-escalate the situation. kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskov provided some details of the compromise that included russia s criminal case against prigozhin would be closed and he would be allowed to go and remain in belarus. moreover, wagner fighters who had participated in the advancement will not be prosecuted. and late this evening, some new reporting from the washington post is shedding more light o
questions after valid claim to have captured the city of rostov on don. it ended quickly, less than one day after it began after a deal brokered by pollution president alexander lukashenko. an ally of putin who also has ties to prigozhin. according to the kremlin, but i go asian and his forces will be out to belarus, and charges against him for taking part in an armed rebellion, charges against them will be dropped. now they re putin nor prigozhin have seen or heard from him publicly since the deal was announced. joining me now in london, nbc news correspondent ali arouzi, and in kyiv ukraine, chief correspondent kelly cobiella, and wall street journalist and simmons. good to have all of you here. so ali, the russian foreign ministry said yesterday that the country remains in support of president vladimir putin, but bogosian lost the severn town of rostov with armored tanks in vehicles, to cheering crowds. if you are in the kremlin, does that of support for the moodiness or t
vladimir putin in a surprisingly quick advance on moscow. the wagner group claimed to seize control of an important russian military facility in the city of rostov-on-don. [ applause ] the leader of the wagner group says they captured the facility, a key operations base, for the war on ukraine without firing a single shot. the cheers you just heard are locals showing their support ahead of wagner. yevgeny prigozhin also claimed to seize a military facility in another city about halfway to moscow. that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to suddenly turn around. this is video of them pulling out of one town. and here s prigozhin receiving a hero s farewell as he leaves. he said he did it to avoid a bloody conflict. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan. we re following all
mike emanuel. the world waiting russian presidents next move. lucas thomason is live on the white house lawn, jeff paul standing by. we begin with greg who was live on the ground in ukraine track in the latest. hello, greg. it looks like we have walked back from the brink in russia. and a lot of damage done and a lot of questions to answer. the mercenary fighters left last night. they took over the russian city pretty easily as well as other locations including not too far from moscow. headed back to the base camp in ukraine with their boss. it was his anger with russian military and its running of the war in ukraine that triggered this attempted armed uprising. only to be disabused in a deal that came off the hook. russian military leadership and, yes, sent to be sent to exile in belarus. something like this was going to happen. here in kiev, watching very closely. they have a huge stake in what is happening in south russia. a sign of chaos in the country. into the russian
and the consequences for the rest of the world. kremlin spokesperson says, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, will not face charges for actions russian president vladimir putin described as treason just hours ago. spokesperson also saying, prigozhin will head to neighboring belarus, with wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. this comes after prigozhin ordered his forces to turn back, return to their bases, abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading toward moscow. we are looking at new video into us taken from the city of rostov near the ukrainian border. as all these new developments come in and we get these new images, the question remains, how do we get here this fast? the wagner group was what russia calls a, quote, private military company. over the u.s. calls the group a proxy force that had been fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine. on friday, prigozhin accused russia s defense minister, ordering a rocket strike on wagner s camps