here in to the bbc news ring and we have broken the story that the moscow mayor has asked for people to remain indoors. we also know that the moscow region has suspended all mass outdoor events until the 1st of july, the mayor has asked people not to travel around the city so we re watching all of those developments here very closely but let s go to my colleague who joins us from the newsroom. over to you. let s remind ourselves of the journey that wagner forces have made over the last 24 hour is. this red patch here is areas of ukraine which are controlled by russian forces. crimea at the bottom which of course russia annexed back in 2014, if you cast your mind back you may remember it began with stories of little green men in the area in military uniform, it is widely accepted that many amongst those ranks went on to
taken back the authorities on the approaches to the russian capital such as road blocks being set up and traffic being suspended on roads such as in the loop it s region on the way to moscow so authorities are preparing for wagner possibly trying to enter moscow. huge preparing for wagner possibly trying to enter moscow. to enter moscow. huge number of developments. to enter moscow. huge number of developments, we to enter moscow. huge number of developments, we have to enter moscow. huge number of developments, we have been - to enter moscow. huge number of- developments, we have been speaking about the fact that there is uncertainty at this point but not necessarily chaos and now we re hearing from the authorities in moscow, the mayer and others suspending all outdoor activities and asking mr bates to stay for their own safety. it is and asking mr bates to stay for their own safety. their own safety. it is getting close to what their own safety. it is getting close to what
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breakdown how moscow whites will be reacting. breakdown how moscow whites will be reactinu . , breakdown how moscow whites will be reactin: . , , breakdown how moscow whites will be reactinu. , , , ., reacting. they will be short, until the last moment reacting. they will be short, until the last moment they reacting. they will be short, until the last moment they were - reacting. they will be short, until i the last moment they were isolated from the special military operation going on in ukraine, if you were to take a walk down a street in central moscow, you would hardly know what was going on. at some point in the past, moscow was inundated with advertising urging people to sign up and fight for the russian army in ukraine but apart from that, it was nothing but good news coming from the russian officials like the mayor of moscow or the president of russia. and now russia might start to wake up to the bad news that this war is for both ukraine and russia. and other debt breakin
stated red lines like to defend crimea, like the maintenance of the land bridge from russia to crimea, what happens if they are able to accomplish that? how does putin embattled at home and abroad, no allies around the world, how does he respond to that? what sort of escalation might he take? as the leader of russia who believes he is losing because he is fighting all of nato notjust ukraine, might he expand that war? what efforts might he take in cyber attacks on critical infrastructure attacks and espionage against front line states like poland for example, the baltic states, what might you do in ukraine? we have heard all of these reports about mining the largest nuclear plant in russia. is he going to allow ukrainians to reoccupy that or will he destroy it? is a horrible things to think about but they are absolutely in play given what has