this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
very little pushback, anita. he s taken over the main military headquarters demanding to see the russian defense chief and the head of the military. of but the other front that we re watching closely is it seems that he has sent about 5,000 of his mercenary members up the highway towards moscow, could be within about 200 miles. not much resistance either from the russian military inside russia, but we knew that the kremlin is on high alert, sort of a counterterrorism regime. vladimir putin, of course, has been lashing out how. many a video earlier today, he said that prigozhin s actions were internal betrayal, treason, and he s promising a harsh response which, frankly, we haven t seen yet. yes, here in kyiv still russia is waging its war against ukraine. we saw 20 the cruise missiles come in overnight here. just about all of them were shot down, but there was some damage. later on in an online message ukrainian president zelenskyy had this to say about what was happening in
inside russia. right now vladimir putin is still in charge. in fact, he might have just spoken for the first time since the attempted rebellion over the weekend. we ll tell you what he said and why there are questions about when and where this new video of putin the kremlin released this morning has come from. it has been a confusing and volatile 72 hours. longtime ally yevgeny prigozhin began and quickly called off an attempt to overtake the military leaders. how close did he get? why suddenly did he turn around? putin is known for viciously crushing dissent. why exactly did he let prigozhin go? the warlord hasn t been publicly seen or heard from since he apparently fled on saturday. we have reporters in moscow, ukraine and the white house along with experts on russia, putin and prigozhin. whatever happens in russia will have a profound impact not just on the stability of that country, but far-reaching consequences for the war in ukraine and well beyond that. it can affect
and the prime minister even dodged a vote on borisjohnson s conduct. so our big question this morning how is rishi sunak faring in numberten? we sat down in the number ten garden to talk about the rebellion in russia, more staff for the nhs, and how on earth thousands of families are going to pay their mortgages. what s the alternative? labour s lisa nandy is with us from salford. to make sense of what is going on in russia none better than steve rosenberg, our editor there. # never going to give you up #. and it s sunday. there s always room for a bit of light relief. the reluctant star of this year s glastonbury, rick astley, on whether he is cool at last. morning, morning. it s a big day. the first time we ve sat down to talk to rishi sunak at length since january. he s keen to talk about his plan for staff in the nhs. we were keen to put your big questions on the economy. but the last 2a hours have reminded everyone we live in an unpredictable world. here are the pict