this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
to stand up for himself. hey, i m the big player. i delivered you this in syria. i delivered all these. things i delivered a little action interference. and now of i may have to drive in the battlefield. if i don t stand up now and make a run at this, i m ultimately going to get chewed up. all my guys are going to get chewed up in ukraine. by these incompetent people in the ministry of defense. , so i think it s both his beef with the ministry of defense and people actually go and also the sense that he had of some invincibility. wagner has said something about a winning streak in recent years. he took his shot. i will say, there s some nbc news reporter that wagner group mercenaries are not happy about prigozhin turning tail. they feel like they ve been portrayed by him. when you talk about a rock and hard, place it is going to be grindr or potentially betrayer troops as you try to save our own life. that is where prigozhin is. rock and hard place. that s a better. is ben, don t lea