and had called off the rebellion because he did not want to shed russian blood. mr prigozhin went on to say that his actions had revealed serious security issues across russia. and he said wagner commanders had refused to accept russian government requests to sign contracts with the ministry of defence. he gave no indication of where he currently is, nor about his future plans. lets hear some of that audio message first of all. translation: , ., translation: after ust one day, we onl had translation: after ust one day, we only had zoo translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres left - translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres left to - only had 200 kilometres left to moscow. we entered the city of rostov, and we took it fully under our control. it was peaceful, and the civilians were happy to see us. we showed a demonstration, a masterclass for the 24th of february of 2022 s
one thing remains certain, the security of our continent depends on ukraine security of our continent depends on ukraine winning this war. i commend the foreign ukraine winning this war. i commend the foreign secretary for hosting ukraine the foreign secretary for hosting ukraine recovery conference last week ukraine recovery conference last week following discussions with foreign week following discussions with foreign ministers. is he confident ukraine foreign ministers. is he confident ukraine will get the humanitarian support ukraine will get the humanitarian support it ukraine will get the humanitarian support it needs in the months ahead question support it needs in the months ahead question mark and when we going to -et question mark and when we going to get on question mark and when we going to get on with question mark and when we going to get on with not just freezing but seizing get on with not just freezing but seizing russian state assets as ou
flying overjapan and taiwan. a new development in the uk s most notorious racist murder the killing of stephen lawrence. the bbc is naming a suspect. and eltonjohn closes this year s glastonbury. he did it in a record breaking way. we have all the reaction. first, we start in russia after those extraordinary events over the weekend. in the last half hour or so, we have been told to expect statements from vladimir putin. that information coming from various news agencies, we will keep across that for you if and when he does speak, we will of course bring them to you. we have, however, already heard from the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prighozhin. in his statement, made in an audio message, he shed some light on what happened over the weekend. his aim, he says, wasn t to overthrow the government when he took mercenary soldiers up through russia. he does admit shooting down russian jets through russia. he does admit shooting down russianjets in retaliation, he claims, for
there was no mention at all of the rebellion. there s also footage of the defence minister at a military command post. he cold the defence minister evil and said he had to be sacked. nato s secretary general has given his first reaction to the weekend s remarkable events. to weekend s remarkable events. trr remind you all this is about internal russian matters. and therefore what nato is focused on is supporting ukraine. it demonstrates the fragility of the russian regime, but it is not for nato to intervene in those issues. that is a russian matter. what matters for nato is not to be intimidated or prevented from continuing to provide support for ukraine. in a video released by the kremlin russia s prime minister appeared to blame the west for last weekend s chaos and called on the russian people, to unite behind president putin. translation: russia is going through an important time in its history. as the president noted, virtually the entire military, economic, infor