cnn international correspondent ivan watson reports on how those crucial hours played out from beginning to end. >> reporter: a weekend of chaos and drama in russia. mercenaries declared a mutiny and then called it off in under 24 hours. yevgeny prigozhin issued a call for rebellion. the head of the wagner mercenary group accusing top russian military commanders of gross mismanagement of the war in ukraine. then prigozhin released video of an alleged russian air strike on a wagner camp in ukraine, demanding revenge. russia's defense ministry denied the attack, and soon russia's top prosecutor announced criminal charges against prigozhin. then in the early hours of saturday, prigozhin followed through on his threats, sending his fighters across the border