leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov on don along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov on don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal brokered by the belarusian leader. with all the details, here s our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. mutineers cheered as heroes. this crowd are shouting wagner, the name of the mercenary group that led me to putin had said treason a couple of hours earlier. in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior milita
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 them of mishandling the war on ukraine. soon came reports of wagner troops heading north, though there were very few images. this sign points to voronezh, that s already halfway to moscow. in the same region, a driver sees a roadblock. he says wagner have smashed through. further north still, a man finds his way home blocked by a trench dug into the tarmac. this march on moscow turned all eyes on yevgeny prigozhin. he s a former convict who became a chef to vladimir putin,
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 them of mishandling the war on ukraine. soon came reports of wagner troops heading north, though there were very few images. this sign points to voronezh, that s already halfway to moscow. in the same region, a driver sees a roadblock. he says wagner have smashed through. further north still, a man finds his way home, blocked by a trench dug into the tarmac. this march on moscow turned all eyes on yevgeny prigozhin. he s a former convict who became
high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks 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 them of mishandling the war on ukraine. soon came reports of wagner troops heading north though they were very few images. this sign points to a place he s halfway to moscow. in the same region, a driver sees a roadblock. he says wagner has smashed through. a man finds his way home blocked by a trench dug into the tarmac. this march on moscow turned all eyes on yevgeny
in extraordinary scenes, yevgeny prigozhin demanded the downfall of russia s defence minister and its chief of staff, accusing them of mishandling the war on ukraine. soon came reports of wagner troops heading north, though there were very few images. this sign points to voronezh, that s already halfway to moscow. in the same region, a driver sees a roadblock. he says wagner have smashed through. further north still, a man finds his way home, a man finds his way home blocked by a trench dug into the tarmac. this march on moscow turned all eyes on yevgeny prigozhin. he s a former convict who became a chef to vladimir putin, but he did a lot of the kremlin s dirty work to from disinformation by running troll farms to covert fighting in syria and ukraine. since the full scale invasion, prigozhin had been recruiting soldiers from prisons for some of the fiercest battles, but he d also been feuding openly