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that saw the private military wagner group seize cities and come within 120 miles of reaching moscow. hello, welcome. great to have you here, trace. trace: this is america reports. whereabouts of yevgeny are not known, but he claims he was not trying to overthrow the government but rather to protest the kremlin s mishandling of the war in ukraine. sandra: dan hoffman moments away where putin will go from here. gillian turner at the state department and how the biden administration administration is responding to the turmoil in russia. benjamin hall is live in london. what s been putin s reaction so far today? good to see you this afternoon. today we finally heard from both putin and putin was giving a normal talk to a youth group, and saturday he was talking about mutiny and he was threatening those who were going to attack him. that being said, what we have seen over the last few days is the worst cracks to his regime over the last 23 years. we saw wagner movin ....
of rostov on don. the wagner mercer group have seized key sites after launching that rebellion against the army in rostov on don and there have been reports of fighting in voronezh which is halfway between rostov and moscow after the wagner group claimed a russian helicopter opened fire on a convoy of their vehicles. welcome back. we return to the developing situation in russia let s take a look at what we know so far following the dramatic escalation of infighting. prigozhin says his forces have taken the city of rostov and have seized military facilities in voroneszh which is on the way to moscow as well. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the rus ....
a matter of hours they took control of a key military base in southwest russia. they got as close as 120 miles from the russian capital. their leader struck a sudden deal agreeing to go into exile in belarus and avoid prosecution. antony blinken calls the weekend s events extraordinary. we haven t seen the last act. we re watching it closely and carefully. 16 months ago russian forces were on the doorstep of kiev in ukraine thinking they would take the city in a matter of days and thinking they would erase ukraine from the map as an independent country. now over the weekend they have had to defend moscow, russia s capital of mercenaries are putin s own making. it raises profound questions and shows cracks. putin has more to answer for in the weeks and months ahead. sandra: a former russia ambassador said it is a fresh reminder of a long-held nuclear fear. he is known quantity. hardened adversaries of the united states. the alternative could be worse. i think the b ....
within, it s more questions he has to find answers for. confusion and uncertainty in russia this morning after a failed revolt by the head of the wagner mercenary group. this was the most significant challenge to vladimir putin s authority in decades. we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. plus, despite mounting legal challenges, new polling shows donald trump expanding his lead in the 2024 republican primary. we re breaking down the new numbers straight ahead. and special counsel jack smith asks a federal judge to delay trump s upcoming classified documents trial. what we re learning about the possible new timing for that. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with this weekend s developing news out of russia where the head of the mercenary wagner group launched th ....
a deal was cut with the chief. video showing the leader yevgeny prigozhin, his forces agreeing to remove themselves from the blood this i group he founded. as for its leader, he goes to exile in belarus. he s safe, no charges. so much of what we are reporting is difficult to rationalize and confirm. but what does it mean to the ukraine war. financing it has been a disaster from the day russia invaded for russia and a bunch of civilians. they suffered over 200,000 casualties. let s get the latest from kyiv. give us the latest. reporter: it looks like we are back from the brink in neighboring russia. but it looks like there has been a lot of damage done to a lot of different folks. it was the biggest challenge to president vladimir putin. three decades in office. the man who is responsible. the wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin complaining about the war and military conduct. then pulling this fighters out of the fight and into rostov-on-don . they basically took o ....