welcome back. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and russia, it s the day after. the day after the head of the wagner mercenary group called off his armed rebellion and advance on moscow the day of the military leadership in the handles of the war in ukraine, the day of wagner forces were almost uncharged as the columns marched towards moscow. it s the day after. locals were heard cheering for the mercenaries, and not for putin. they said they had captured military facilities in two russian cities. the wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin said he wanted to spear sharing russian blood. translator: realizing all the responsibility that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides. we turn our columns around and leave in the of sirte direction to the field camps, according to the plan. did you ever think you would see this? here is prigozhin receiving a h hero s farewell as he leaves. the kremlin says he will not be prosecuted and he will be sent t
remarkable scenes out of sl russia in the last few hours. loud cheers as wagner founder yevgeny prigozhin leaves the area. he says he will be heading out to belarus as part of a deal to avoid spilling russian blood, as he called us. joining us now is terrorism expect malcolm nance. great to see you. i know you have been saying you thought some of this would be coming to pass, that perhaps putin s days were numbered because of the way he overextended the russians in ukraine. what do you make of what has occurred in the last 24 hours? and do you think it would be the beginning of the end for vladimir putin? well, let s look at it from a