but who would lead it? there could be lots of infighting in the weeks ahead for control of the group. live now to lou osborn, co author of the book wagner, at the heart of the prigozhin system, and investigator for all eyes on wagner, a non for profit research group tracking their activities. welcome to the programme. it s like an ecosystem, there is lots of businesses, lots of mercenaries, mercenary groups floating in and out of it. lucrative and of course. does that mean that we are in for a period of blood letting in the next few weeks? i’m period of blood-letting in the next few weeks? period of blood-letting in the next fewweeks? ., , ., , few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for a few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for a blood few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for a blood battle, - few weeks? i m not t
that s what i thought. introducing the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. conspiracy to defraud the government. deprivation of rights, tampering with a witness. the new details this morning about the possible new charges donald trump could soon be facing. a top uk intelligence official says russian president putin was forced to cut a humiliating deal with the man who tried to overthrow putin s government. ahead, new details on wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin s short-lived rebellion and new video has just surfaced believed to show prigozhin. the pentagon working to secure the release of the u.s. soldier who is still detained in north korea. no indication he was trying to defect though he was facing disciplinary action and about to be separated from the army. what his mother is now saying. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, this is cnn news central. so this morning for the first time there is reporting about the possible laws the sp
to stand down, saying they are playing into the enemy s hands. the bbc in unable to verify prigozhin s claims and no images of wagner forces in russia have yet to emerge. moscow is tightening its security in response to developments. here s footage of military tanks in russia s capital. and here s new footage of tanks passing by moscow s parliament. also according to russian media, the kremlin has reportedly activated 0perated fortress in the city of rostov on don, 100km east of ukrainian border as well as a plan to ensure all kremlin buildings are protected in moscow. and reuters reports that the governor of russia s southern rostov region that people should stay indoors and keep calm. the kremlin has said president putin has been briefed on all events around prigozhin. it added, the necessary measures are being taken. and called on prigozhin to halt his illegal actions. and all this, as ukrainian military say that all air raid alerts are ringing across ukraine, with
weaknesses in vladimir putin s rule. here is ukraine s president in his nightly address. translation: the longer russian aggression lasts, the degradation continues. the degradation continues. the degradation is gradually returning to its home harvest. in our conversations with leaders we have exchanged our assessments of what is happening in russia and we see the situation in the same way and know how to respond. following a weekend of uncertainty in russia, many questions still remain about the authority of president putin and the damage to his standing both at home and overseas. russia s president has not been seen since the attempted military rebellion. and neither has yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the army of mercenary soldiers known as the wagner group. he s promised to leave russia and move to belarus. the us says the attempted armed mutiny in russia shows real cracks in president putin s authority. our analysis editor ros atkins has more. the wagner group s mut
good to be with you on this big news day, i m anita vogel. the leader of the armed militia is asking for an armed rebellion. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is track the latest from kyiv. what more can you tell us? it s a story building minute by minute and hour by hour, and you ve got to believe that they re watching closely a disruption of instability inside of russia, a country that s waging now 16-month war against ukraine, is big, big news. let s recap. yesterday we heard from yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner military group. and he went really ballistic yesterday and complaining about the contact of the war, russian military leadership and even claimed that the russians had fired on his forces that s when he took his fighters from ukraine, don t have an exact number, total of 25,000, maybe at 15,000 here, over the border, went over to a place called rostov-on-don. that is a city of one million people, about 60 miles from the border with ukra