but even if the threat is over and it s not at all clear that saturday s turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin s tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that s according to ukraine s air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we re going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn t alter putin s control in the short term. let s get our reporting and the news from russian tv that vladimir putin will speak tonight. joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. so keir, this news that he s going to speak,
Collaborators are engaging "Russian military volunteers" in raising Ukrainian children to be "patriots of Russia" in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Ukraine's National Resistance Center (NRC) Details: A lecture on the topic of war has recently been held for students at Novosofiivka school in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast.
Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Russian Chechen special forces unit Akhmat, has said former Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) fighters are joining Akhmat en masse and are being deployed in the combat zone in Ukraine.
the heroes, for the pilots of this tragedy. in addition, we know the overwhelming majority of the fighters are patriots of russia. with that, people are people for the state. they ve proven their courage, freeing donbas and tries to use against their brothers who fought together for the country. therefore, from the very beginning. we ve undertaken steps to avoid a big bloodshed. including giving up the prospect to think for those to understand their actions have decidedly
majority of the wagner company are also patriots of russia. they have honed their courage in defending donbas and yet were encouraged to fight against their compatriots and by turning back, they avoided further bloodshed. we have to think about the people who actually decided to make this step. which would have had tragic and devastating consequences for the country, for russia as a whole. i should like to thank those