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here. we want to receive the chief of general staff and shoygu. until they aren t here, we will be located here, blockading the city of rostov, and we ll go to moscow. president putin calls the alaskas by p actions by prigozhin a betrayal and a backstab to the people of russia, and those who follow him will pay the price. translator: all those who chose the path of trejachery, wo chose mutiny, who use blackmail and terrorist methods will face pan punishment and answer to the law and our people. joining me now, chief international correspondent nick paton walsh. nick, what is the view from london? reporter: yeah, extraordinary how fast this is indeed moving. it appears as are wagner s vehicles, we don t know how many, towards the capital moscow. that is their stated aim. prigozhin saying they re headed in that direction. initially, it seemed to remove
defense of the security apparatus of russia. they had some autonomy, but they relied heavily on russian support, russian munitions, russian transportation assets, logistics. they were at arm s length, but they were kind of integrated. over the course of this, over the course of probably, you know, several different complications, they ve distanced themselves and, frankly, been ostracized by the ministry of defense, as prigozhin has been increasingly critical of minister of defense, the chief of the general staff, and other senior leaders. so, to me, i ve always perceived them to be kind of distant extensions of the state, but certainly, clearly, over the course of months and this war, they ve become increasingly difficult relations. they ve separated. they ve gone their own different ways. prigozhin and wagner have become increasingly radicalized.
says that we, the soldiers of wagner were fighting in the war and that we were attacked by the ministry of defense, and the ministry of defense is out to get us and they are the most corrupt, that part was out. that part really was broadcast to show that, you know, our great military is now being targeted by this by these former prisoners, that prigozhin was being in charge of. it s partial, but another thing, you can t get any other information. i m shocked i have a signal talking to you because especially in the center where i am, around the kremlin, a lot of signals are being blocked all together. gps is not working and so on. we were eager to get you on the air quickly for that reason.
attacking shoygu and the general for not doing enough. with that rope, prigozhin became increasingly emboldened. i think the objectives are shiftingshift i ing. now, it s clear putin is targeting prigozhin directly. he is saying prigozhin is going to face consequences. the wagner folks that follow him are going to face consequences. it s now an existential threat for wagner to extract major concessions from the putin regime in order to survive. so this is now transitioning from, you know, what i defined as an insurrection for the first roughly 24 hours to a coup, where prigozhin will be fighting for his survival. he is no longer going to be serving as a good lieutenant to vladimir putin. potentially, he might be looking to seize power. it is early days. it is shocking, what s occurred. to me, this is a huge surprise. i was not surprised at all by russia s war against ukraine. i thought this was a distant black swan event, kind of fringe