are turning back our convoy. early saturday, the group sees the city of rostov-on-don, the military headquarters for russia s war nearby ukraine. armored vehicles taking over the streets. wagner fighters on patrol, pulling out just hours ago. prigozhin s ruthless private army has been key to bolstering forces in ukraine, especially in a symbolic important city of bakhmut, which wagner says it finally captured in may at an estimated cost of tens of thousands of lives. for months, he s criticize russia s defense minister and the man in charge of the worn ukraine. the fight leading to an open insurrection on friday. prigozhin claiming the defense minister ordered this attack on his fighter, is accusing the military of launching the war in ukraine based on lies. early saturday, demanding the military leadership meet him and rostov-on-don, vowing to
new question of vladimir putin s hold on power are given this tense standoff with the walking of forces and russia s military leadership on saturday. it forces leaving russia to a sendoff for the citizens there after their leader, prigozhin broker to do with belarus to i want to bring in now much of the conversation about what we saw take place inside russia was how is this going to impact the war on the ground in ukraine. kelly, talk to us about what you re hearing there now, what we saw take place yesterday surrounding moscow. yeah, when i think of ukrainians taking a close eye on that as well, there s a lot of uncertainty about how this will affect the war in ukraine. we haven t heard a word from the kremlin since announcing that deal, to end this extraordinary 36 hour armed rebellion in the country.
reaction, some sort of event to prove that russia is still a strong country? or, will they simply carry on as normal? like i said, ukraine is watching this very, very closely. a lot of unknowns today. kelly cobiella, thank you for coming to us from this rainy capital city of kyiv. thank you. clint is back with me to talk about more this. are you as awestruck as i am when i you here at kelly cobiella wrote that piece that she put together for us and saying that nobody will be held accountable? prigozhin we ll be in belarus, right? essentially told he can stay. he is a seeking amnesty in belarus. then you think about how he acts towards people that are treasonous in his mind. does that add up to you? it does not.
senate, talk us through what we re hearing this morning. yes. we ve noticed some common refrain sarong lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. you mentioned some of the more powerful ones, like the senate intel committee, vice chair leading a bit of a topic of conversation among how this will impact china, and if president xi is watching this unfold, as kind of a warning sign with his alliance with russia, and putin. another thing that i see from lawmakers is reminding everybody that s in this case, the enemy of our enemy is still our enemy. it s worth noting that this is someone who the house in december 2020 passed a nonbinding resolution condemning prigozhin and the walking or group as a threat to democracy a national security of u.s. allies and partners around the globe. beyond that, there is putin s
is that this is not going to be a there is no way that in a single counter we will be able to take back all of our, land that needs to be understood by everybody, particularly by our allies, no matter how brave our soldiers are. the russian army is just too, big and it is such a big territory of ukraine, it is simply impossible to take over in a single yet, there are some progress that is being, made also to the south of, ukraine then also on the, east ukrainian forces have actually yesterday asked this promotion affair was unfolding, ukraine forces reported that they have recaptured the village which was captured by russians in 2014. this is the first case where we have actually regained control of the territory which of the russian control for nine years. so, there is progress, but it is very, slow and the cost us dearly in the army separating unfortunately. many of us have been