came to the city of rostov and announced they were occupying it and that they were mutinying against staging a mutiny against the army leadership. so what you saw in rostov was ordinary people who came to see the men with the tanks. they bought them food. they cheered them on. they took selfies with them. you saw that the mercenaries themselves encountered surprisingly little resistance. they got within 200 miles of the city and had few air attacks, which they shot right down and not much else. you know, there are just there isn t the energy to oppose them. there wasn t the will to oppose them. this isn t a society that even minds really whether putin is in charge or somebody else. you also write that life went on as normal. the street sweepers were still working as this was all happening. roger, given that apathy that anne describes and the danger of it, does it surprise you more we
regime has quite a lot of weaknesses. it probably did bring into the minds of many people that the unthinkable is probably plausible, but not necessarily now would not necessarily this time. for sure what happened over the weekend will have implications for the country for the future but not immediate implications. what about for the oil and immediate implications. what about for the oil and gas immediate implications. what about for the oil and gas markets? - immediate implications. what about for the oil and gas markets? do - immediate implications. what about for the oil and gas markets? do you| for the oil and gas markets? do you feel they are fairly resilient? the? feel they are fairly resilient? they are. feel they are fairly resilient? they are- again. feel they are fairly resilient? they are- again. if feel they are fairly resilient? they are. again, if you feel they are fairly resilient? they are. again, if you look feel they are fairly resilient? they are. again, i
rivalry between wagner and the ministry of defense. prigozhin has accused the ministry of defense of denying his men ammunition, of treating them like cannon fodder. he said his men refused to join the regular army and then were attacked. he said they were attacked by helicopters, that 30 of his fighters were killed. at that stage, he said they broke into two column, one heading to the city of rostov, where they delivered their weapons, and there was video of them in the city of rostov being greeted by the locals, in some cases, being celebrated and cheered, and the other column heading toward moscow. he said they stopped short of moscow because they achieved their aims. he said the goal was never to topple the government, but was to express their displeasure with the ministry of defense and to show how vulnerable russia had become because of the ministry of defense, because of the incompetence of the leadership, and he said had wagner been in charge of the war from the beginning that
army forces? what would you do? yeah, absolutely, ukraine should be taking advantage of all of this turmoil that s happening. although the wagner forces weren t on the front line, it definitely creates openings in the psychology of the russian forces of the command and control. i mean, prigozhin went to the headquarters of the ukrainian war for this. ukraine, i m sure there will be both militarily, politically cognizant trying to take advantage of what prigozhin has really mixed up and done here. major john spencer, thank you so much for the time. let s discuss now with cnn s brianna keilar, because, brianna, you have to wonder how the russian people have absorbed the last few days, even as vladimir putin is saying that it s thanks to russian society that this uprising was quelled. we saw the reaction that prigozhin got on the streets. yeah, that was in the city of rostov, and that s obviously the
hours later the russian president responded. calling wagner s action rebellion and bowing to give its organizers to justice. he was officials tell cbs news they believe prigozhin was still in russia as of this morning that his current whereabouts are unknown. the revolt began friday evening when prigozhin blamed a russian air strike for killing a large number of his fighters. in retaliation, the mercenary boss marched his troops into russia and seized the city of rostov, home to russia solon military command. prigozhin then directed them toward moscow to deal he said with the defense minister sergei shoigu and his top general. social media capture the death and destruction a long way. president vladimir putin began to lock down capital as soldiers took up defensive positions. heavy equipment ripped up the roads leading to the city. on state tv, president putin attacked prigozhin as a traitor but with wagner troops less than