is to leave for belarus.. gunfire ..and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky and cheers from the watching public, his troops also departed the city just hours after they controlled a military building in the city with further wagner troops moving towards moscow. travelling north on the m4 motorway, passing the city of voronezh and were spotted as far north as the lipetsk region, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. in the early evening, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, after a deal was brokered by the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko. our correspondent steve rosenberg looks back on a historic day. this is how the day began. in the russian city of rostov, armed men and armour on the streets. and tanks outside key buildings. in control here, the mercenary group wagner, closely linked to the state.
public, his troops also departed the city, just hours after they controlled a military building, with further wagner troops moving towards moscow. travelling north on the m4 motorway, passing the city of vuronezh and were spotted as far north as the region, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. then, in the early evening, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s military leadership for some time, over their approach to the war in ukraine. sarah rainsford reports. mutineers cheered as heroes. cheering. this crowd are shouting wagner , the name of the mercenary group that vladimir putin had accused of treason only hours earlier. the fighters were clearly among friends here. just one bizarre scene in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, placing tanks on city streets
cracks in mr putin s authority had been exposed. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, pictured here leaving the russian city of rostov on don, is reportedly going into exile in belarus after abandoning his advance on moscow. gunfire. and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky, and cheers from the watching public, his troops also departed the city just hours after they controlled a military building with further wagner troops moving towards moscow, travelling north on the m4 motorway, passing the city of voronezh and were spotted as far north as lipetsk, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. then, in the early evening, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s
the greatest challenge yet to president putin s authority. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said real cracks in mr putin s authority had been exposed. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group pictured here leaving the russian city of rostov on don is reportedly going into exile in belarus after abandoning his advance on moscow. and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky and cheers from the watching public, his troops also departed the city just hours after they controlled a military building with further wagner troops moving towards moscow, travelling north on the m4 motorway, passing the city of vuronezh and were spotted as far north as lipetsk, which is around 300 miles south of moscow.
departed the city just hours after they controlled a military building with further wagner troops moving towards moscow. travelling north on the m4 motorway passing the city of vuronezh and were spotted as far north as a city which is around 300 miles south of moscow. then in the early evening prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s military leadership for some time, over their approach to the war in ukraine. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. forces from the wagner mercenary left rostov on don after a chaotic and extraordinary day. some tiered yevgeny prigozhin as he was driven away, reaching out to shake his hand. yesterday morning, the