have reached the area. the governor of the area said emergency services are trying to put out a burning fuel tank at an oil depot. 30 units of equipment working on the site. we don t know the cause of that fire but we do know that it is significant. let s take a look at what we know so far following this dramatic escalation of infighting in russia. prigozhin says his forces have entered russia from ukraine into rostov and now control the military hq in the city. the governor of rostov has told the public to avoid the area. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures. the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv here s mr putin s television address to the russian nat
have reached the area. the governor of the area said emergency services are trying to put out a burning fuel tank at an oil depot. 30 units of equipment working on the site. we don t know the cause of that fire but we do know that it is significant. let s take a look at what we know so far following this dramatic escalation of infighting in russia. prigozhin says his forces have entered russia from ukraine into rostov and now control the military hq in the city. the governor of rostov has told the public to avoid the area. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures. the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv here s mr putin s television address
know that president putin has been calling some of his allies. the first call went as long term ally the belarusian president lukashenko. he definitely spoke to him on the phone. also the president of kazakhstan said he is also spoken to president putin. he then issued a statement saying events in russia are its internal affair. rule of law is necessary to maintain order. also, in the last couple of minutes on the news wires, i have russian news agencies reporting from the kremlin that president putin has also called the president of uzbekistan as well. and we also note the chechen and leader has promised to allow his troops saying his forces were ready to help put down the mutiny saying rebellion must be crushed. what you draw your attention to the bbc live page you can see behind me. all of our teams are working to bring you the latest
actions that split as is a betrayal of your people, a betrayal of the comrades that are fighting on the front line, knife in the back of our people. this struck russia in 1917 when russia was awaiting the first world war, victory was stolen from us. came behind the back of the army and the destruction of the army and the state, the loss of future territories. as a result, tragedy. russians killing versions. civil war. and a benefit was derived by various political adventurers, foreign powers that are tearing the country apart. we shall not let this
does make president zelensky posting on his telegram channel saying the more chaos and pain it would store up more chaos and pain it would store up for russia s future, everyone who chooses the path of evil destroys himself. the main message from a lot of european capitals is that they are monitoring the situation at the moment. that is certainly out of germany france. we have also had a statement from the european council, of course the council is the body that represents the eu s 27 members. he said they are closely monitoring it and he is in touch with european leaders and g7 partners. he said he was also the eu support for ukraine and its president zelensky was unwavering. nato, the military alliance releasing just a brief statement saying they were monitoring events in russia closely whilst estonia, which is an nato member, said it was tightening security on its border in response to the events in russia. now, we do