the kremlin said they only hit military targets, not civilian ones. this was yuri sak, an adviser to the ukraine s defence ministry, responding to that. that s ridiculous, every time the kremlin moves their lips they re lying, and the world knows this by now so there is no trust to anything they said. and this just underscores that these are not normal people with whom negotiations are possible. these are terrorists who have to be either destroyed on the battlefield, which is what the ukrainian army is successfully doing. during the last 2a hours, we have destroyed 930 occupiers on the battlefield, so they either have to be destroyed or the other alternative is to surrender and stand trial. of course we will achieve justice and we will bring to account for these atrocities everybody who is behind them, including the top leadership of the kremlin. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i m in the centre of kramatorsk, where the missiles
wagner group. but prigozhin, the man who met the mutiny, mr prigozhin said he had not tried to overthrow the government but was instead resisting attempts to bring the wagner group under control of the russian defence ministry. our russian correspondent reports. the last time we saw prigozhin, under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the chief had pulled back his fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution. and he agreed to move to belarus. it is not clear where he is now. belarus. it is not clear where he is ow- he is now. but today, mr prigozhin he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted - he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted this - he is now. but today, mr - prigozhin posted this message. he had tried to he did not try to overthrow the government he just wanted to stop wagner group from being disbanded and those made mistakes in the special military operation against ukraine. to reassert his authority, president putin had security chiefs at a late night
this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s