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vladimir putin in a surprisingly quick advance on moscow. the wagner group claimed to seize control of an important russian military facility in the city of rostov-on-don. [ applause ] the leader of the wagner group says they captured the facility, a key operations base, for the war on ukraine without firing a single shot. the cheers you just heard are locals showing their support ahead of wagner. yevgeny prigozhin also claimed to seize a military facility in another city about halfway to moscow. that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to suddenly turn around. this is video of them pulling out of one town. and here s prigozhin receiving a hero s farewell as he leaves. he said he did it to avoid a bloody conflict. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan. we re followi ....
Government, taking on the army to drive half the way to russia. how come they weren t stopped? we saw a couple of situations on the main highway where there were a couple of trucks parked. they have been forced out of the way. what is bizarre is the conventional wisdom in russia is that the russian leader, putin, is respected by the people of russia and they tolerate whatever he does because he is powerful. he controls the situation. and he keeps them safe. that has been rewritten today. and as part of that rewrite, where does prigozhin stand? is he able to mount another angry aggression against the defense minister? the defense minister s deputy, gerasimov? ....
For prigozhin. perhaps this is what putin was worried about. he does seem to be out of touch. the conventional wisdom has been that putin is the guy that can pull all the strings, that has good strategic oversight. but this was a situation he let get out of control. it is not clear how much control he still has. is his defense minister shoigu still in place? because prigozhin demanded that he be forced out. that prigozhin s troops didn t have to sign up and become part of russia s main forces under everything issi shoigu? where is he? in belarus? is he going to be under house arrest? forced not to speak on tv? not to criticize putin? none of this is clear. that view and that understanding and the conventional wisdom that putin was the center of all power, that has evaporated on ....