rachel: wow. greg palkot is live in kyiv with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, folks. yeah, it has been an amazing night with some amazing news just across the border from where we are right now with ramifications potentially for the war here and much more. it s being called the biggest challenge to russian president vladimir putin s 23 years in power, an attempt thed coup, an armed uprising, a mutiny. the man responsible, wagner mercenary group chief. he complain about russian military leadership even saying his forces had been fired on by russians. that s when he took his 25,000 fighters plus tanks, armor, guns to nearby kyiv, population 1 million. with almost no fight put up, they took over the main military headquarters there plus other administrative buildings with the demand that the top russian military brass come to them to discuss complaints. now, threatening to move on to moscow if if not happy if and some of his forces getting closer to the capit
military brass come to them to discuss complaints. now, threatening to move on to moscow if if not happy if and some of his forces getting closer to the capitol though getting some stiff resistance as well, moscow itself is on high alert. vladimir putin lashing out at his one-time friend and strategic ally, remember. he s threatening decisive action against him. translator: all those who blibtly deliberately embarked on the path of betrayal, embarked on the path of blackmail and terrorist methods will suffer inevitable punishment, will answer both to the law and to our people. reporter: here in kyiv amid all of in this there was another heavy night of bombardment, 20 russian missiles were fired. most were shot down, but there were casualties and destruction and then an online message about russia s trouble from ukrainian president zelenskyy. quote: russia s weakness is