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
stopping their march to moscow court hello everyone i m eric shawn this is fox s live. hi arthel. arthel: hi eric hello everyone i am arthel neville but according to reuters the kremlin confirming reports, eric, the belarusian president help mediate with wagner. a major part of the deal the kremlin s and criminal case against prigozhin will be dropped and other fighters will not be prosecuted. so a deal or no deal today stunning developments represent the first major challenge to putin s decades long grip on power. before this latest twist their republican presidential candidate nikki haley spoke with fox news earlier today. she called the rebellion a chance to turn the tide and russia s war on ukraine, listen. brexit is extraordinary to see what is happening. we really need to make sure we are to paying attention. there is an opportunity here put you know putin has been caught flat-footed. clearly they didn t did not see this coming with their intelligence. this is the time
for it. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot, thank you. so as the wagner group stands down from its march on moscow, the white house is monitoring russia closely. lucas tomlinson live with reaction from the biden administration. reporter: that s right, jon. as that mercenary army was marching on moscow, coming within 12 the 0 miles of the city limits before that dramatic about face, president biden was hitting the phones, calling key natoal allies if germany, france and britain. and his top defense chief and senior military leader also hitting the phones calling their nato counterparts. in fact, general milley had to cancel a trip to israel and jordan. he was supposed the depart tomorrow. that trip has been scrapped to monitor the situation on the ground. also the president s national security adviser, jake sullivan, he was supposed to e depart for denmark. he is now in camp david with the president, the president departing a short time ago.
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