thanking them for preventing a civil warfrom breaking out. in a speech, mr putin insisted his rule was not weakened during saturday s rebellion by the wagner mercenaries. he suggested russia s regular military showed restraint by not being drawn into any fighting. our moscow editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir, vladimirovich putin. at the kremlin, it was pomp with a purpose. ..to remind russians he is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin 2,500 soldiers and guards, and the defence minister the wagner mutineers wanted sacked. having survived the rebellion, it was time to say thank you. translation: you defended the constitutional order, - the lives, security and the freedom of our citizens. you have saved our motherland from upheaval. in fact, you have stopped a civil war. in fact, the reality was rather different. the wagner soldiers, who had been cheered on the streets of rostov, had only stopped their rebellion after the kremlin did a deal with them
our russia editor steve rosenberg reports vladimir vladimirovich putin. at the kremlin, it was pomp with a purpose. ..to remind russians who is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin, 2,500 soldiers and guards and the defence minister the wagner mutineers wanted sacked. having survived the rebellion, it was time to say thank you. translation: you defended - the constitutional order, the lives, security and the freedom of our citizens. you have saved our motherland from upheaval. in fact, you have stopped a civil war. in fact, the reality was rather different. the wagner soldiers, who had been cheered on the streets of rostov, had only stopped their rebellion after the kremlin did a deal with them, promising not to press charges against them and their leader, yevgeny prigozhin. still, kremlin spin is presenting this as a triumph for the president. the mutiny by mercenaries was a major challenge to vladimir putin s authority. but, the uprising is over, and now
first, though, iwant first, though, i want to focus on ukraine and specifically on kramatorsk. we have been getting these reports in and we can see these reports in and we can see these pictures here. these are the aftermath, effectively, of a russian attack on an area of the city popular with restaurants and, just to warn you, we are getting some distressing details in about what people there are reporting. officially, two people have been killed, 22 injured. that is from ukrainian officials, but as you can see from some of the pictures there, the extent of the damage, rescue efforts still ongoing, it is a restaurant and shopping area, city centre, basically, so as you can imagine, pretty busy, and are reports of people being trapped under the rubble and the debris there. so, this detail coming through in the last couple of hours. we will be keeping across exactly anti development from ukraine. meanwhile, though, iwant anti development from ukraine. meanwhile, though, i want
in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin, 2500 soldiers and guards, and the defence minister the wagner mutineers wanted sacked. having survived it a time to say thank you. translation: you have saved our motherland from upheaval. - in fact, you have stopped a civil war. in fact, the reality was rather different. the wagner soldiers, who had been cheered on the streets of rostov, had only stopped their rebellion out of the kremlin did a deal with them, promising not to press charges against them and their leader yevgeny prigozhin. still, kremlin spin is presenting this as a triumph
to remind russians he is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin, 2500 soldiers and guards, waiting for vladimir putin, and the defence minister. 2500 soldiers and guards, having survived it a time to say thank you. translation: you have saved our motherland from upheaval. - in fact, you have stopped a civil war. in fact, the reality was rather different. the wagner soldiers, who had been cheered on the streets of rostov, had only stopped the rebellion out of the kremlin did a deal promising not to press charges against them and their leader yevgeny prigozhin. still, kremlin spin