taken back the authorities on the approaches to the russian capital such as road blocks being set up and traffic being suspended on roads such as in the loop it s region on the way to moscow so authorities are preparing for wagner possibly trying to enter moscow. huge preparing for wagner possibly trying to enter moscow. to enter moscow. huge number of developments. to enter moscow. huge number of developments, we to enter moscow. huge number of developments, we have to enter moscow. huge number of developments, we have been - to enter moscow. huge number of- developments, we have been speaking about the fact that there is uncertainty at this point but not necessarily chaos and now we re hearing from the authorities in moscow, the mayer and others suspending all outdoor activities and asking mr bates to stay for their own safety. it is and asking mr bates to stay for their own safety. their own safety. it is getting close to what their own safety. it is getting close to what
with that kind of instability, that is precisely what we have. the other oint is is precisely what we have. the other point is this is precisely what we have. the other point is this is is precisely what we have. the other point is this is all is precisely what we have. the other point is this is all his is precisely what we have. the other point is this is all his creation, - point is this is all his creation, he created the group and all of these institutions, this is all part of how he does business.- of how he does business. that s riuht. of how he does business. that s right- the of how he does business. that s right. the wagner of how he does business. that s right. the wagner group - of how he does business. that s right. the wagner group does l of how he does business. that s l right. the wagner group does not have reporting lines up through the russian ministry defence, they are independent and prigozhin as the ceo of a corporation that owns these trips reports dir
that city close to ukraine down in the south of russia where neil wagner troops and prigozhin rocked up wagner troops and prigozhin rocked up last night, we saw those extraordinary pictures of him sitting down with russian military seniorfigures and sitting down with russian military senior figures and holding sitting down with russian military seniorfigures and holding court inside the headquarters of russia s operations against the people running the war in ukraine and in rostov itself we can see all davey s weird pictures of wagner mercenaries on the streets buying coffee and eating ice cream, talking to the locals. it has been quite an odd thing to wrap your head around that these are the people who appear to be standing up against the defence ministry causing what has been defined as a military mutiny inside russia and yet in rostov itself they appear to have been seen as allies almost so i think there is a sense
prigozhin is asking them to do remains unclear. my prigozhin is asking them to do remains unclear. prigozhin is asking them to do remains unclear. my sense is that 25,000 is probably remains unclear. my sense is that 25,000 is probably pretty - remains unclear. my sense is that 25,000 is probably pretty loyal. l remains unclear. my sense is that | 25,000 is probably pretty loyal. he has got of course a lot of other troops deployed around the world, particularly in libya and mali and if we start seeing wagner troops coming from libya and mali back to health, that would be an indicator of the intensity of what he has to do. to meet the biggest question is what is the russian army going to do. there is long standing hatred becauses between the fsb security service, the chechens, and the army does not like mercenaries, so there is a lot of different aspects at play her. is a lot of different aspects at -la her. , ., is a lot of different aspects at -la her. ., play her. indeed, when you
making their way towards the capitol, moscow. putin says russia is facing a battle for its future in the face of an armed mutiny in its country. there are now 30 day penalties for breaking martial law. the head of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his fighters have taken over rostov on don. tanks were seen in the city earlier today, which is the military command centre for the russian army s war in ukraine. then as i mentioned, wagner troops also appear to be taking action in the voronezh region, which lies half way between rostov and moscow, over 600 kilometres north on the m4 highway. there are reports of fighting between russian troops and wagner mercenaries in and around the city of voronezh.