because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but they ll sign new contracts with russia s defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagner s leader says he agreed to that in order to avoid bloodshed. translator: therefore, realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan. the kremlin says it doesn t know where prigozhin is right now. what you see there is video of people cheering as he left ross stor-on-don where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell c
acknowledging he had sensitive secret documents that were not declassified. we re breaking down the recordings and what they mean for the special counsel s criminal case against him. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine where the death toll has been rising from a new russian missile strike in a crowded city center. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the attack a manifestation of terror. this comes as vladimir putin is on damage control after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. all ask former u.s. defense secretary mark esper about the rebellion and how it s influencing putin s war strategy. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with powerful evidence against donald trump in the special counsel s case against him. cnn exclusively obtaining recordings of the former president talking about highly classified material in his possession. this comes as trump is speaking out
office report. we have team coverage on tonight s top story greg palkot and kyiv lucas thomas at the white house often and just file army lieutenant colonel briggs senior affairs correspondent greg palkot in kyiv. looks like russian president vladimir putin is back from the brink after this wild weekend. there was damage done in questions unanswered. the wagner group mercenary fighters left the russian city which they had taken over. as well as going back from close to moscow supposedly heading to camps in ukraine their future unclear. their boss fence you left as well but is his anger with the russian military that is running the war that triggered this attempted armed uprising. only to be defused in the deal that all get off the hook still prigozhin had that of his complaint answer he was sent to belarus but no confirmation he is there. is also to make an appearance since the bone sees the week including hired fighters running rampant through his country seem to have da
belarus. tonight uncertainty remains for the people of russia. ukraine and across the globe. alex hogan janes us from london. a dr. plattic day cooling off after a deal was brokered. yevgeny prigozhin calling off his troops just as they were to arrive outside moscow. this is prigozhin leaving rostov-on-don. he vowed not to surrender. russian president vladimir putin vowed harsh punishment. it was the bell rushian president will y wil the bele situation. earlier today russia s towns were packed at train stations in rostov-on-don where people were trying to flee as quickly as possible. in moscow roads were blocked as residents were told to stay inside. the governor of the region surrounding moscow has band all public gatherings for the next week. some neighboring countries to russia beefed up their own security today. leaders of france, germany within poland and others said they are closely following the situation. there is a lot of uncertainty what this means as far as pri
belarus. tonight uncertainty remains for the people of russia. ukraine and across the globe. alex hogan janes us from london. a dr. plattic day cooling off after a deal was brokered. yevgeny prigozhin calling off his troops just as they were to arrive outside moscow. this is prigozhin leaving rostov-on-don. he vowed not to surrender. russian president vladimir putin vowed harsh punishment. it was the bell rushian presi the belarusanpresidente situation. earlier today russia s towns were packed at train stations in rostov-on-don where people were trying to flee as quickly as possible. in moscow roads were blocked as residents were told to stay inside. the governor of the region surrounding moscow has band all public gatherings for the next week. some neighboring countries to russia beefed up their own security today. leaders of france, germany within poland and others said they are closely following the situation. there is a lot of uncertainty what this means as far as pri