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
there was no mention at all of the rebellion. there s also footage of the defence minister at a military command post. he cold the defence minister evil and said he had to be sacked. nato s secretary general has given his first reaction to the weekend s remarkable events. to weekend s remarkable events. trr remind you all this is about internal russian matters. and therefore what nato is focused on is supporting ukraine. it demonstrates the fragility of the russian regime, but it is not for nato to intervene in those issues. that is a russian matter. what matters for nato is not to be intimidated or prevented from continuing to provide support for ukraine. in a video released by the kremlin russia s prime minister appeared to blame the west for last weekend s chaos and called on the russian people, to unite behind president putin. translation: russia is going through an important time in its history. as the president noted, virtually the entire military, economic, infor
mike emanuel. the world waiting russian presidents next move. lucas thomason is live on the white house lawn, jeff paul standing by. we begin with greg who was live on the ground in ukraine track in the latest. hello, greg. it looks like we have walked back from the brink in russia. and a lot of damage done and a lot of questions to answer. the mercenary fighters left last night. they took over the russian city pretty easily as well as other locations including not too far from moscow. headed back to the base camp in ukraine with their boss. it was his anger with russian military and its running of the war in ukraine that triggered this attempted armed uprising. only to be disabused in a deal that came off the hook. russian military leadership and, yes, sent to be sent to exile in belarus. something like this was going to happen. here in kiev, watching very closely. they have a huge stake in what is happening in south russia. a sign of chaos in the country. into the russian
and the consequences for the rest of the world. kremlin spokesperson says, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, will not face charges for actions russian president vladimir putin described as treason just hours ago. spokesperson also saying, prigozhin will head to neighboring belarus, with wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. this comes after prigozhin ordered his forces to turn back, return to their bases, abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading toward moscow. we are looking at new video into us taken from the city of rostov near the ukrainian border. as all these new developments come in and we get these new images, the question remains, how do we get here this fast? the wagner group was what russia calls a, quote, private military company. over the u.s. calls the group a proxy force that had been fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine. on friday, prigozhin accused russia s defense minister, ordering a rocket strike on wagner s camps