tried for arms rebellion. in return, he s agreed to go into some kind of exile in belarus and there will be some sort of amnesty for his mercenary fighters. it does not appear that prigozhin has succeeded, at least at this point, in forcing vladimir putin to fire his senior military leaders who, remember, prigozhin has been railing against both the defense minister and the top generals in russia, but alicia, the big question here, given everything we know about vladimir putin, given everything we know about yevgeny prigozhin, is this truly over? is prigozhin going to go into some quiet retirement in belarus? and is putin going to forgive and forget a man who has defied him so openly? not likely, it seems, yes. we fully understand the conditions of this deal. it strikes me that you have ukrainian president zelenskyy saying, today shows russia is in, quote, complete chaos. i wonder, wrought, your sense of how ukrainians view what is
entered after leaving russian occupied territory in ukraine. this march north unravelled over a 24 hour period, and it seemed from an outsider s perspective that it was all happening pretty quickly, thenit was all happening pretty quickly, then it seemed to come crumbling down, we have had information from belarus s president s offers that he spoke to president putin and the wagner leader, and troops were doing an about turn, and the kremlin has now said yevgeny prigozhin of will move to belarus, he was missing for much of the day. we will keep you updated with all the latest hero bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines. wagner mercenary fighters withdraw from the city of rostov after their leader orders them to return to their bases, in order to avoid bloodshed. the fighters are met
this morning announcing, yes, indeed he was going to pull his fighters out. he has this 5:00 a.m. clip that was on telegram earlier where he tells everyone to leave everything, take your toothbrushes, leave the soap behind for the other troops coming in. the plan is, the plan as of now, is that russian regular military troops, lindsey, are going to fill those gaps. the big question, though, is what happens next. all the wagner mercenary fighters are out by june 1st, are regular russian forces who move into those slots going to be able to hold that line? are the ukrainian military, moving around the outskirts of that city, are they going to see this as an opportunity, lindsey? and it s really, really interesting. ukraine doesn t dispute that they also control the city center. what they re saying is there s still a fight for the flanks, for the outskirts of that city. it s really worth remembering that even though bakhmut snot really strategic for either side, it s symbolic for russia, t
The history of mercenary fighters soldiers for hire who might be disciplined fighters abiding by the rules of engagement, or might be plundering freebooters from ancient Rome to today in Ukraine is often an ugly, brutal, killers-for-hire story.
bakhmut. the british ministry of defense estimates that russia has suffered as many as 30,000 casualties in the area around bakhmut. the vast majority of them wagner mercenary fighters. north korean leader kim jong-un says his country should be ready to launch nuclear attacks at any time to deter war. that is according to state media. kim was on hand for military drills over the weekend which simulated a nuclear counterattack. he also accused the u.s. and south korea of expanding their joint military drills by involving american nuclear assets, and he says their aggression means his country must bolster its nuclear deterrence exponentially. still to come, ubs will buy credit suisse at a fire sale price in a bid to halt a banking crisis. we re live in london next with details of that historic deal.