a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto. and welcome back to cnn special live coverage of the russian rebellion that erupted without warning and ended quickly this weekend not long after it began. yet and we should be clear the world is only beginning to assess the fallout. there are growing questions tonight about vladimir putin s leadership going forward and whether his iron grip on russia is weakening. the crash site of a russian military plane reportedly brought down by the wagner group yesterday. the cause of the crash not clear. but footage indicates the aircraft had been struck by a missile or rocket. there s still no sign of vladimir s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, who led this march on russia, af he cut a deal to go into belarus. also not seen, putin. we re going to have the latest on the white house reaction and president biden s conversation today with ukraine s leader. first, though, an update from cnn s matthew chance, who is in moscow. reporter: jim,
bloodshed was avoided, there s also anxiety about what this unprecedented challenge to vladimir putin s authority may unleash. [ crowd chanting, wagner ] reporter: for the kremlin, these are some of the most disturbing scenes from a weekend of shocking images. on the streets of a major russian city, rostov-on-don in the south, many russians see them as heroes. others, the traitors the kremlin paints them. and wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin has become a celebrity too. watch supporters hail down his car just to shake hands. the kremlin says he s moving to belarus next door, but it s unclear if this is the last we ll see of him. what is definite, though, is a
larger grip on power and whether there is any weakening of it due to this rebellion. all right. arlette sainz, thank you very much. one official tells cnn that u.s. expected more bloodshed in russia during yesterday s expected confrontation between warring mercernaries and russia professional military. alt although yevgeny prigozhin called off the mutiny, much is uncertain and russia is on edge. matthew chance is in moscow where it has been a wild weekend. matthew. reporter: jim, on the face of it tonight it seems like a russian crisis has been averted. rebel wagner fighters have within disbursed and the kremlin is back control of areas that were taken over by the mercernaries group. amid the relief that more bloodshed was avoided there is anxiety about what this unprecedented challenge to vladimir putin s authority may unleash.