mr putin warned of a harsh response to threats including what he called blackmail and terrorist methods. he admitted that russian forces were not in control of the key 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. 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. 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 mi
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 vuronezh and were spotted as far north as the 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
is to leave for belarus.. 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 in the city 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 the lipetsk region, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. in the early evening, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, after a deal was brokered by the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko. our correspondent steve rosenberg looks back on a historic day. this is how the day began. in the russian city of rostov, armed men and armour on the streets. and tanks outside key buildings. in control here, the mercenary group wagner, closely linked to the state. they d fought for russia and ukraine. but this looked like mutiny. their leader, yevgeny prigozhin, seemed to have gone rogue after
hello, i m lukwesa burak. emergency security measures remain in place in moscow, a day after a short lived rebellion posed the greatest challenge yet to president putin s authority.in the last hour us secretary of state antony blinken said real 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. and with wagner forces 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 buil
the greatest challenge yet to president putin s authority. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said real 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. 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 vuronezh 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 russia editor, steve