yevgeny prigozhin called off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. roadblocks to stop his wagner forces are filled in, as the crisis is diffused. after a direct threat to his leadership, the questions over vladimir putin s future. well forces in ukraine assess how the turmoil will affect the progress of the war. also this morning, the public toll, they can now call 999 after earlier technical fault. plus, labor calls for mandatory help for homeowners struggling to meet rising mortgage payments. and the princess of wales takes on roger federer as she praises the work of ball girls and boys ahead of wimbledon. good morning. now, the rebellion by the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears for now, to be over. the russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people, and said that his forces were traitors. but a deal has now been negotiated by belarus and the kremlin, said the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country and his fighters
bases. russian ally and neighbor in belarus helped broker a deal with prigozhin, to escalate the situation. prigozhin agreed to leave russia for asylum batters, but not before getting a heroes sendoff from russian residents. [crowd chanting] [sound of gunfire] nbc news correspondent ali arouzi joins me now, live from london. ali, thank you for being here. the situation in russia has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours, what s happening there now? jonathan, it has been an extraordinary 24 hours of mayhem, mutiny. and as quickly as all of this began, it ended. in a nutshell, where are we? the wagner group probably will be incorporated into the russian defense ministry, prigozhin is in exile in neighboring belarus, and vladimir putin is still in power, considerably weaker. and it is really extraordinary what unfolded in russia. very extraordinary how it all started. look at the beginning of the day, vladimir putin made that statement on television, visibly angry, calli
challenge to russian president vladimir putin s iron grip on the country. this weekend, one of his closest allies yevgeny prigozhin leader of the wagner mercenary group turned against him, staging a 24-hour revolt. prigozhin mobilized his army of soldiers for hire to march on moscow and suddenly he turned around and called it. off and be sears kier simmons is in moscow with the latest. years in russia tonight, state television is not showing these stunning images. russians cheering for the leader of this week s aborted rebellion. his soldiers as they leave the city of rostov-on-don. their mutiny is bringing the country to the brink of chaos less than 24 hours ago when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the wagner group had a march to moscow and response to what he called an attack on his fighters. tanks and mercenary troops took to the streets, moving within 120 miles of the russian capital. before unprecedented deal with president putin, it was brokered by another presiden
he s a leader of the wagner group, which are soldiers for hire, violent mercenaries with reputation for ruthless violence. they have fought for russia in ukraine and in conflicts across central africa in the middle east. saturday, prigozhin stage in our midst mutiny leading his mercenaries on a march that threatened to reach moscow coming within about 120 miles of the capitol. the crisis ended when prigozhin agreed to pull back his forces in a deal it allowed him to leave russia and avoid arrest. well rebellion appear to be aimed at ousting russia s military leaders, they dealt a massive brew blow to putin strongman image. we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get there but certainly we have also have new questions that putin is going to be addressing in the weeks and months ahead. this is a challenge coming from within to putin and that s where his focus has been. it s going to unfold over weeks and
stopped his advance on moscow and apparently pulled at least some fighters out of rostov-on-don. they had made to it within 120 miles of the capital when they suddenly decided to turn around. the kremlin saying they have putin s word he can go safely to belarus free from prosecution. you can see him being cheered by the folks. they even went to shake his hand. prigozhin saying he made the deal because he didn t want to shed russian blood. translator: therefore, russian blood would be shed from one of the sites we turn our column around and turn in the opposite direction according to the plan. we also see here some of his departing fighters who seem to get some cheers from residents as they stood on top of the tanks. so we have full team coverage for you over the next hour. our team of correspondents and guests. i start with nic robertson. so prigozhin has been seething at russian leadership. he s been saying for months, attacking the defense minister shoigu and others. he