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.
think with public opinion in russia itself. was the most remarkable aspects of the store this weekend as this renegade army advancing so far inside russia unopposed. a member of the gang of eight house chair said this was a showdown that was long coming. intelligence committee was very much aware of the conflict between prigozhin and pollutant was inevitable. even from public sources what you have seen, prigozhin for months has put out videos critical of the russian government of putin, putin has allowed this. jon the u.s. military once got into a scrap with the wagner group five years ago in sierra when the rush of mercenaries attacked u.s. troops on the ground there. defense secretary ordered airstrikes f-16s, b1, b-52 and drones launched airstrikes killed hundreds of mercenaries. asked about that attack a few years ago smiled and said it never bothered us again. jon: lucas thomas of the white
this corner. about 200 meters down there, there have been some gunshots heard and at least one protester we know has been shot and killed, but that doesn t seem to be persuading this group of protesters to go home. here they have been searching cars, this is a main intersection carrying the full road going to the east of bangkok and you can see the protesters have occupied this traffic island searching trucks primarily with the idea they want to look inside to see if there s anything in the back, presumably looking for soldiers. but we understand the army s position is at the end of this expressway over here down towards the western end of the park, and that is where the renegade army commander say they were shot through the head while he was being interviewed by the media, with some very dramatic footage taped just seconds after that shooting being carried away