Theres increased security in with whats being called anti terror measures. The m4 which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. The kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down and the russian president Vladimir Putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. Heres mr putins Television Address to the russian nation. Translation any actions that split us are a betrayal of your people, a betrayal of the comrades that are fighting on the front line, a knife in the back of our people. This struck russia in 1917, when russia was waging the first world war, victory was stolen from us. Politicking behind the back of the army and the people turned into huge upheaval, the destruction of the army and the state. The loss of huge territories. As a result, it was tragedy, russian killing russians, civil war. And benefit was derived by
there s increased security in with what s being called anti terror measures. the m4 which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. here s mr putin s television address to the russian nation. translation: any actions that split us are a betrayal of your people, a betrayal of the comrades that are fighting on the front line, a knife in the back of our people. this struck russia in 1917, when russia was waging the first world war, victory was stolen from us. politicking behind the back of the army and the people turned into huge upheaval, the destruction of the army and the state. the loss of huge territories. as a result, it was tragedy, russian killing russians, civil war. and benefit
wagner, ratherthan mobilised to try to block off wagner, rather than actually, at this stage, to take wagner on face to face. this stage, to take wagner on face-to-face. this stage, to take wagner on face-to-face. wagner has been crucial in russia s face-to-face. wagner has been crucial in russia s full-scale - crucial in russia s full scale operation on ukraine. ground and to capture back mood, although there is some progression around back mood. what is this latest situation in russia mean that the warren ukraine? i think it is not going to be decisive, but it does help the russian war effort wagner has been reduced to a shadow of its former self. at its peak it had about 50,000 troops, many of those recruited from russia s labour camps. recruited from russia s labour camp5. mo5t recruited from russia s labour camp5. most of those are dead, wounded, and have or have returned to civilian life. wagner i5 wounded, and have or have returned to civilian life. wagner is much smaller. ev
this is, i think, where the other agencies come in. groups like the federal security service that you mentioned, which will be desperately looking for any signs of the soldiers getting together and saying, maybe yevgeny prigozhin has a point, or the national guard, this parallel alternative army, which will be looking to try to close routes, so that even if small groups of soldiers want to desert to wagner s site, they can t get to rostov. i think what we are beginning to see it as a whole panoply of what is, after all, an authoritarian police state, being mobilised to try to block off wagner, rather than actually, at this stage, to take wagner on face to face. wagner has been crucial in russia s full scale operation on ukraine. it spent months grinding down forces and trying to capture bakhmut.