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Bulletins with the accusations against yevgeny prigozhin. it is apparently playing out on russian city streets. russian people, civilians, are eyewitnesses to this power struggle. you have lived and worked in russia for a long time. yevgeny prigozhin is being very careful . never vladimir putin directly. the last 24 hours has undermined the reasoning of vladimir putin. how dangerous is that to their relationship? reporter: he got his rise as being a caterer to the kremlin. reportedly he was the leader of a mercenary organization in sub- sahara africa but denying the very existence of wagner until ....
For the tensions inside of russia. the u.s. has long been monitoring the situation between the wagner mercenary group and the russian military. the wagner mercenary group has played a key role personally on friday this was a tent and unfolding situation. the white house will continue to monitor it. joining me now is a senior analyst. it is good to see you. what is your read on what is happening. what do you think is going on ....
He is now aiming his tanks and guns at the russian military. we are in uncharted territory. he says stop your convoys. that is plural. it is possible there is more than one column of military vehicles. going into the russian heartland. the fsb has come out with a public statement saying the wagner fighters had not followed the orders of yevgeny prigozhin . i need to stress, this is not playing just on international television and social media, the russian televisions are reading hourly ....
Of astonishing. advance into cities. it took them hours to capture rostov and i think this tells us something about the russian official army s ability and or willingness to fight wagner. speaking about the transformation within wagner and its rhetoric, it is absolutely breathtaking. over the past 24 hours or so, yevgeny prigozhin went from never directly criticising vladimir putin, his rude, extremely salty language was focused on the russian military, the top ranks, and now this morning, i think it was the first time when prigozhin directly challenged, defied vladimir putin and his audio message posted on social media. ....
reporter: wagner s tactics, they try to overwhelm the ukrainians by sending waves of fighters, many of them convicts recruited straight out of jail. they make the group, let s say from ten soldiers, is passing 30 meters, then he started digging in and keeping the position. then next group is coming next 30 meters. they reach their position and going next 30 meters, also digging in. and that is how step by step they re trying to move forward. reporter: the ukrainians say wagner fighters often seem drugged. the machine gunner was almost getting crazy. because he was shooting at them and he said i know i shot him. but he doesn t fall. and then after some time, when he maybe bleed out already, so he just only falls down. it looks like it is very, very likely that they are getting some drugs before attack. ....