try to collect the pieces of this change jigsaw. try to collect the pieces of this change jigsaw change igsaw. thank you again, steve change jigsaw. thank you again, steve rosenberg, change jigsaw. thank you again, steve rosenberg, with - change jigsaw. thank you again, steve rosenberg, with his - change jigsaw. thank you again, i steve rosenberg, with his thoughts at the end of such a dramatic day in russia. our russia editor, steve rosenberg. tomorrow, docker tomorrow, laura kuenssberg will be speaking to docker the prime minister at 9am on bbc one. but that s all from me this evening. it s a day that s been dominated by the news from russia. thank you for watching. goodnight.
to his authority since coming to power over 20 years ago. but then, earlier this evening, there was a sudden change and the crisis seemed to be over. it s all down to this man, yevgeny prigozhin, who leads a group of mercenary soldiers who ve been fighting in ukraine, known as the wagner group. he s been very critical of the putin approach to the war. he called on russian troops to rebel against their leaders, and he said his men were marching on moscow. but, at 6:30pm this evening, prigozhin issued a statement, saying he d agreed to stop the movement of his troops and to de escalate the situation and avoid bloodshed . the kremlin then announced that the wagner force would not be prosecuted and that prigozhin would be moving to live in belarus. president putin had accused the wagner group of betrayal and treason . tonight, he said that avoiding more bloodshed was more important
wanted to ask you, will perceptions of present putting round the world of present putting round the world of change? it’s of present putting round the world of chance? 3 , of present putting round the world ofchanae? , , . , ., of change? it s been a breathtaking da and of change? it s been a breathtaking day and there of change? it s been a breathtaking day and there must of change? it s been a breathtaking day and there must have of change? it s been a breathtaking day and there must have been - day and there must have been throughout the day sharp intakes of breath as the phone lines were burning between presidents, prime ministers, military chiefs, top diplomats, sharing intelligence and assessments. it was just between european and north american leaders but in the middle east, asia, africa. there would not be a region untouched by these dramatic elements in russia. in a crisis where braces like coup and civil war were being used throughout the day, and we ve been reporte
southern ukraine, which is what ukraine has tried breakthrough. none of this change the fact that russia has a triple layer of defences, barbed wire, interlocking fields of fire, trenches, bunkers, all of which is covered by artillery that will rain down rounds on the advancing ukrainian troops. that is what they still have to tackle if this war is going to end. it hasn t changed. this war is going to end. it hasn t chanced. ., ~ this war is going to end. it hasn t chanced. . ~ . ~ i” as for the international community, leaders have been keeping a close eye on events in russia today, without wanting to appear to be interfering in the crisis that seemed set to engulf president putin at one point. so let s get a sense of the global perspective with our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who s joined me in the studio. monitoring this fast moving situation today, and then i really