we begin with a stunning reversal of the rebellion and russia. wagner fighters, led by getting a rousing send off of a wild 24-hour march on moscow. it began when he announced that man had taken over headquarters and rostov, and it has leading a so-called justice march towards moscow. fighting was reported along the way, and wagner forces got stopped to yell its before moscow. you called off the rebellion and agreed to leave russia. russian residents getting a heroes sendoff. russian officials said he agreed to travel to belarus. a lot of questions about what happened, and what comes next. analysts now chalk it up to a murky power struggle. i don t think it was a stunt. i think it was a mutiny. i think that s the right word. not a coup d état, a fight among armed forces to take over, but to be loyal to putin with dramatic consequences for undermining stability and the consolidation of russian armed forces. questions still remain about the future in exile. i suspect h
sk crisis in russia. i m michael smerconish. putin warns those involved in the mercenary group will be punished. p prigozhin says they killed a, quote, huge amount of his men. a long-time ally of the kremlin, he claimed troops had taken control of facilities in the russian cities of voronezh and rostov-on-don without firing a shot. one general called it a coup d etat, but prigozhin deniesoco. there was an announced a criminal investigation of prigozhin and they were to stop and detain their leader. in an address to the nation, putin said this. translator: i repeat, any internal turmoil is a mortal threat to our statehood, to us as a nation. this is a blow to russia, to our people. so our actions to defend the fatherland against such a threat will be severe. all those who deliberately chose the path of treachery, who prepared a mutiny, who chose blackmail and terrorist methods will face punishment. joining me to discuss is retired u.s. attorney alexander vindman, on the
hear in the next few minutes? reporter: they are walking into the room where they will have this bilateral meeting, this is at a hotel here in hiroshima. the president there shaking the prime minister s hand. and this is real an important moment. u.s. officials say that they view prime the prime minister a political ally in the surprising role that he has taken over the war in ukraine and applying sanctions on russia that haven t been a guarantee. so you hear a lot from american officials how pleased they are at how strong the relationship has become. this summit only takes place every seven years so i think that you will see china playing a significant role. of course president biden wants the leaders to coalesce to counter beijing s military and economic aggressions. and you have seen that the backdrop is quite significant. that hasn t always been easy. there are significant differences in how they want to approach china. and so heading out of the summit president biden w
leader of belarus alexander lukashenko being a key player in negotiating the truce that ended that aborted coup. however, others have been draughted to the ministry of defence in russia. already the organisation is a bit different. we know that prigozhin was in africa on monday, which has been the main theatre in which wagner group has been operating, conducting fighting, destabilising operations sense of essentially withdrawing from ukraine. .., ., essentially withdrawing from ukraine. ., , ukraine. the common affairs committee ukraine. the common affairs committee here ukraine. the common affairs committee here said - ukraine. the common affairs committee here said a - ukraine. the common affairs committee here said a few. ukraine. the common affairs - committee here said a few weeks ago that the government had underplayed and underestimated wagner for almost and underestimated wagner for almost a decade. are you suggesting they would be alive to the possibility that even with me
are turning back our convoy. early saturday, the group sees the city of rostov-on-don, the military headquarters for russia s war nearby ukraine. armored vehicles taking over the streets. wagner fighters on patrol, pulling out just hours ago. prigozhin s ruthless private army has been key to bolstering forces in ukraine, especially in a symbolic important city of bakhmut, which wagner says it finally captured in may at an estimated cost of tens of thousands of lives. for months, he s criticize russia s defense minister and the man in charge of the worn ukraine. the fight leading to an open insurrection on friday. prigozhin claiming the defense minister ordered this attack on his fighter, is accusing the military of launching the war in ukraine based on lies. early saturday, demanding the military leadership meet him and rostov-on-don, vowing to