this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
russia wouldn t have the success that it s had if not for prigozhin and the wagner group. they re mercenaries, they re deadly, but they are actually effective. and now he s turned and gone back into the russia, he claims he s going to fix the situation because he claims that the russian military attacked his men. this has been a long simmering food between the russian defense minister and prigozhin, but prigozhin says he s doing something about it. we are unable to convert any of this, we have heard reports from ukrainians that they ve crossed into russia. that wagner group has crushed into russia. burgos russia is on high alert. moscow has tanks in the streets, they re calling it a coup attempt. he denies that s the case, it is all very confusing. but this guy is both volatile and dangerous. i will say on the american side, there is a concern. russia is a nuclear armed country, and having a whole bunch of people fighting about who s in charge of it is actually more serio
we begin with a stunning reversal of the rebellion and russia. wagner fighters, led by getting a rousing send off of a wild 24-hour march on moscow. it began when he announced that man had taken over headquarters and rostov, and it has leading a so-called justice march towards moscow. fighting was reported along the way, and wagner forces got stopped to yell its before moscow. you called off the rebellion and agreed to leave russia. russian residents getting a heroes sendoff. russian officials said he agreed to travel to belarus. a lot of questions about what happened, and what comes next. analysts now chalk it up to a murky power struggle. i don t think it was a stunt. i think it was a mutiny. i think that s the right word. not a coup d état, a fight among armed forces to take over, but to be loyal to putin with dramatic consequences for undermining stability and the consolidation of russian armed forces. questions still remain about the future in exile. i suspect h
whole world on a nerve s edge? yevgeny prigozhin out of sight. this is the last-known image of the wagner leader fleeing, striking a deal to go to belarus after leading an armed rebellion over the weekend. but is there a deal really? what does it say about his motive in that new audio recording? plus, the kremlin scrambling pro project control, releasing new video of vladimir putin today. we hadn t seen him in more than 48 hours since releasing a short statement during the most dramatic challenge to his power in decades. his whereabouts officially are still unknown since we don t know exactly when or where the video was recorded. president biden, though, making it clear in the last hour putin can t point fingers at his enemies. he gave no excuse to blame this on the west or blame this on nato. we made clear that we were not involved, we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within russia s system. in about 15 minutes we ll hear from the u.s. state departme
from the kremlin. on the road to the capital, wagner mercenary forces seize military headquarters in two, cities prompting an angry response. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a step in the back of our troops, and the people of russia. wagner s leader and its forces are cheered as they withdraw from rostov. you have ghani prigozhin, the man dubbed putin s pitbull will now move to belarus with repercussions in russia s military offensive in ukraine. also this morning the prime minister is criticize for reportedly planning to block pay rises for public sector workers next year. plus, how glastonbury went from, grime to glam. hello, good morning. the russian president vladimir putin has faced the most serious threat yet to his leadership, the mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin whose forces have fought for the kremlin in key battles joined the war in ukraine, seized control of the russian city acting as the merchant for the invasion,