group, pictured here leaving the russian city of rostov on don, is reportedly going into exile in belarus after abandoning his advance on moscow. gunfire. and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky and cheers from the watching public his troops also departed the city, just hours after they controlled a military building, with further wagner troops moving towards moscow. they were heading north on the m4 motorway, passing the city of voronezh, and were spotted as far north as 300 miles south of moscow. this all took place on saturday. then, in the early evening of saturday, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s military leadership for some time, over their approach to the war in ukraine. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera reports. applause. the strange end of a mutiny forces from the wagner mercenary group left rostov last night watched by crowds after a chaotic and extraor
cracks in mr putin s authority had been exposed. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, pictured here leaving the russian city of rostov on don, is reportedly going into exile in belarus after abandoning his advance on moscow. gunfire. and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky, and cheers from the watching public, his troops also departed the city just hours after they controlled a military building with further wagner troops moving towards moscow, travelling north on the m4 motorway, passing the city of voronezh and were spotted as far north as lipetsk, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. then, in the early evening, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s military leadership for some time over their approach to the war in ukraine. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. cheering and applause. the strange end of a mutiny forces from the wagne
passing the city of voronezh and were spotted as far north as the lipetsk region, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. then in the early evening prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s military leadership for some time, over their approach to the war in ukraine. sarah rainsford reports. mutineers cheered as heroes. cheering. this crowd are shouting wagner , the name of the mercenary group that vladimir putin had accused of treason only hours earlier. the fighters were clearly among friends here. just one bizarre scene in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, placing tanks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior military figures. in extraordinary scenes, yevgeny prigozhin demanded the downfall of russia s defence minister and its chief of staff, accusing the
city of rostov on don. in a moment, we ll play you mr putin s television address to the russian people. but first, what s led up to this? tanks and armoured vehicles have taken up positions in the southern russian city of rostov on don, as a dispute between the army and the wagner mercenary group threatens to degenerate into fighting. videos on social media show heavily armed men in uniform around a government building. the wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin released video of himself inside the local military headquarters in rostov. he says all military installations in the city are under control and working normally. these pictures released form the wagner military group purport to show ngeny prigozhin with armed men in rostov. they say these pictures are taken at the southern military district headquarters in rostov and that he is arguing with deputy defence minister yunus bek yevkurov and general vladimir alexeyev. the bbc is unable to verify the location of these pictures. ear
but first, what s led up to this? tanks and armoured vehicles have taken up positions in the southern russian city of rostov on don, as a dispute between the army and the wagner mercenary group threatens to degenerate into fighting. wagner troops also appear to be taking action in the voronezh region, which lies half way between rostov and moscow. a wagner military force has been seen passing the city heading to moscow. and an arms dump there, has been set on fire. bbc verified has been able to locate this as being in voronezh. you see the helicopter flying over the urban area and the blast, which we believe to be an oil depot. our security correspondent gordon corera has this round up of the latest. mercenaries belonging to wagner, now appear to have seized control of the city of rostov on don. residents have been told to stay indoors. one took these pictures which have been confirmed by bbc verified. the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, posted a video set to be