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this is our special coverage out of russia. the head of wagner group, the leader released a statement. >> therefore, realizing all the responsibilities for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides we turn our columns and move in the opposite field of the camps. >> officials claim their president had reached a deal with the wagner boss to halt his troops. earlier, he said his private army seizeded control of russian military facilities in it two critical cities. th...

Prigozhin had them in his sights. were looking at a longer-term issue for vladimir putins authority and ultimately question as to whether he ends this episode now having to accept that prigozhin calls so many shots in rush ysia. startling times. thats going to be impacted significantly, too. >> well, exactly. and those groups have had, if any russian successes, they come at those, you know, the hands of the wagner group. nick, thank you very much. natasha, the u.s. and nato allies are really, re...

Youre an ambassador. youre a diplomat. how do you think this is going to play out? >> how do you see the next steps in view of what you just been talking about the impact of what just happened over the last 24 hours? >> well, at one possibility is that the pause were seeing as prigozhin stopped his advance is that theyll be just kind of a standoff. but we very much still see two contending parties. the second alternative is, again, you know, prigozhin -- he doesnt just turn -- he doesnt stop his...

We havent had any official indication towards that at all. where do prigozhins troops go now? they swept almost unopposed, they said without firing a shot over the last night of them packing up and leaving. but to an applause, frankly, from some of the locals. you can make what you want of that. show of limited public support. but we had an extraordinary 24 hours for vladimir putins grip on russia. things you would never possibly have conceived could happen before this war began. shaking the not...

Prigozhin, im not certain. maybe what he told prigozhin was that, you know, okay. you demonstrated youre not under the thumb of the ministry of defense which is what the russian regulation said. wagner soldiers had to sign up for the ministry of defense. you can maintain independent position and going back to doing what you were doing. he felt that maybe that was enough. it may well have been that deadline for the soldiers to sign up under the ministry of defense which was july 1 which is what p...