tonight, we begin with breaking news out of russia. a major twist in that country s war against ukraine. vladimir putin forced to confront a rebellion within his own borders. just hours ago, we learned that if guinea prigozhin, the owner and the head of the wagner group and mercenary force that has been fighting alongside the russian military and ukraine, halted his advance on to the country s capital. that announcement came shortly after prigozhin claimed he and his fighters had captured the city of rostov-on-don home to the russian military headquarters for its war in ukraine. since their invasion last year, moscow has become dependent on the back in a group to support the war efforts as they re dwindling russian forces struggle to make significant gains inside ukrainian territory. in december, the u.s. said it believed the group had an estimated 50,000 personnel inside ukraine alone. it made up of about 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts that were recruited from inside
he s a leader of the wagner group, which are soldiers for hire, violent mercenaries with reputation for ruthless violence. they have fought for russia in ukraine and in conflicts across central africa in the middle east. saturday, prigozhin stage in our midst mutiny leading his mercenaries on a march that threatened to reach moscow coming within about 120 miles of the capitol. the crisis ended when prigozhin agreed to pull back his forces in a deal it allowed him to leave russia and avoid arrest. well rebellion appear to be aimed at ousting russia s military leaders, they dealt a massive brew blow to putin strongman image. we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get there but certainly we have also have new questions that putin is going to be addressing in the weeks and months ahead. this is a challenge coming from within to putin and that s where his focus has been. it s going to unfold over weeks and
windows there. prigozhin said his military firm was bound to and we quote cease existence on july 1. but with no wagner, does success in ukraine look more like no chance? we re on it with greg palkot on how anxious europe is responding. gillian turner at the state department on what the administration is saying. and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner on the potential fallout he s seen and retired major general david petrard with putin back in charge but unclear how much in charge. forget about from russia with love. it s like russia with the world at a loss. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. you think you had this whole thing in russia figured out? in a world, not even close. greg palkot in kyiv with more. greg? remarkable stuff, neil. today we re dealing with duelling statements from two very large figures and all the turmoil in the last couple days in this region. nothing really syncs up. let s back up for a little bit. remember the wagner mercenary gro
tonight, america is seeing the ultimate in election interference as four unelected state judges all appointed by democrat governors have ruled that donald trump must be kept off next year s presidential ballot. the colorado supreme court in a 4-3 decision wrote that we conclude that because president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 of the 1st amendment, it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot therefore the secretary may not list president trump s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him. enough to the suit focused on that section 3 of the 1st amendment that s aimed was aimed at barring confederates from federal office who engaged in insurrectionist behavior or rebellion. now, remember the case was spearheaded by a left wing group called citizens for responsibility and ethics in washingto
breaking news night. tonight america is seeing ultimate in election interference as four unelected state judges all appointed by democratic governors have ruled donald trump must be kept off next year s presidential ballot. colorado supreme court wrote that we conclude because president trump is disqualified from holding office of president, it would be wrongful act under election code for secretary to list trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. the secretary may not list president trump s name on the 2024 presidential ballot nor count any write-in votes cast for him. the suit focused on section three aimed at barring confederates from federal office who engaged in insurrectionist behavior or rebellion. case was spearheaded by citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington. that is great. the trump legal team will need to move fast and appeal to supreme court of the united states. the decision of the colorado supreme court and stayed or delayed until j