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hi, bret. bret: this is america s newsroom. 36 hours of chaos threatening vladimir putin s grip on power. mercenary group that was supporting russia in ukraine turning against the kremlin and marching towards moscow. dana: the rebels were members of the wagner group. their leader called off the revolte at the 11th hour. not clear why. his whereabouts right now are unknown. ukrainian forces taking advantage of the chaos. they are reporting gains against russian troops in the east. russian defense minister is making his first public appearance since the revolt doing little to quell speculation that putin is in serious jeopardy. much of his longevity is tied to what happens inside ukraine. he knows full well his future is dependent on what happens in ukraine. i don t see him admitting that he made a terrible mistake here and pull all his troops out. you see a real public perception going against putin. he doesn t have a strong sense of being a strong man anymore. see
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia, where there are questions about the damage to vladimir putin s presidency from saturday s short lived rebellion by a group of mercenary soldiers known as the wagner group. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the attempted mutiny shows real cracks in mr putin s authority. the president hasn t been seen since saturday, nor has the wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin, who s promised to leave russia and move to belarus. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. leaving as heroes. the wagnerfighters pulling out of rostov last night. you think theyjust won a war? you think theyjust won a war. the leader of the mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, was off to. he d just done a deal with the kremlin to end their mutiny. the rebellion started here, then spread north. it was the biggest challenge to vladimir putin s authority since he came to power. vladimir vladimirovi