the private military company in russia. the group was hired by the kremlin to fight a long said russian soldiers in the war against ukraine. but in a striking turn of events, the wagner group chief, yevgeny prigozhin, halted a march to moscow after repeatedly, or reportedly, striking a deal with vladimir putin just hours after prigozhin led 25,000 troops on a march to the capitol. so, what does all this mean from ongoing war in ukraine? to help answer that question, let s bring in william taylor from the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. vice president of russia and europe of the u.s. institute of peace, also with us, brigadier general peter is locked. he served as u.s. defense attaché to russia. he s also the author, assuming u.s. army officers experiences in pre putin russia. ambassador taylor, slate of headlines out today. whatever happens next in russia putin s control is slipping. many things to this effect. how does this affect putin s credibility here, around the world? so
and the consequences for the rest of the world. kremlin spokesperson says, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, will not face charges for actions russian president vladimir putin described as treason just hours ago. spokesperson also saying, prigozhin will head to neighboring belarus, with wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. this comes after prigozhin ordered his forces to turn back, return to their bases, abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading toward moscow. we are looking at new video into us taken from the city of rostov near the ukrainian border. as all these new developments come in and we get these new images, the question remains, how do we get here this fast? the wagner group was what russia calls a, quote, private military company. over the u.s. calls the group a proxy force that had been fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine. on friday, prigozhin accused russia s defense minister, ordering a rocket strike on
wagner group claimed to capture key military facilities in two russian cities in advance about halfway to moscow before turning back. wagner s chief, yevgeny prigozhin, said he wanted a void bloodshed. moscow now says he will not be prosecuted and exiled to belarus. the infighting within the kremlin could be to blame. ivan, this has been brewing for some time now. we ve all been aware of this. i guess what we don t know is whether or not prigozhin overplayed his hand? whether this was some stunt that made it a lot further than even he imagined and had to take this deal to go to belarus to save his own neck? we don t know. surprisingly, we don t know exactly what was agreed upon inside the kremlin. or not so surprisingly. what is surprising is a dramatic 24 hours this has been. i mean, 24 hours ago, you had
into the ministry of defense, essentially, they would become regular soldiers in the russian military. those who did would get something like the same kind of amnesty that prigozhin, himself, and other top leaders of the enjoy. they will not be charged with a crime. and again, all of this, alicia, it s so remarkable. just the way this day has gone from this morning, when vladimir putin vowed that he would squash these insurrectionists, calling them traitors, to now at nightfall, when essentially he s letting them all, all of them, off the hook and essentially saying that they can go to belarus. which just sounds like a lot of the soldiers and prigozhin himself will be doing. it s unclear, some of them may be returned back to the battlefield. the wagner group soldiers have not been fighting on the battlefield. they were withdrawn from the front lines, only about a month ago. so, most of these men were not taken or didn t actually leave the frontlines themselves when they went for th
we have to think about that. putin can regroup and the brutality that can happen in ukraine can be his saving grace for many russians. so, we have to think carefully about how he s going to react in the next few weeks. kimberly st. julian-varnon, thank you so much for that historic perspective. at the top of the hour, our reporters around the world with the latest on what is playing out in russia, with this move on moscow now reversed. plus, vladimir putin s operation in ukraine just got a whole lot more complex, what should we expect next? and later, nbc s richard engel, who s reported extensively on the wagner group, gives us his take on what we saw it go down today in russia. stay with us. today in russia. stay with us stay with us their hair. which is why we made bounce pet hair and lint guard with three times the pet hair fighting ingredients. just one sheet helps remove pet hair from your clothes! looking good starts in the dryer with bounce pet. it s not too late to show summe