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Fred, first of all, give us a better sense of who this prigozhin really is. >> reporter: certainly, wolf, he is one of the most powerful figures in russia. and obviously, grasping forbe even more right now, but certainly didn't start out that way. wes in jail for several years, in the 1980s in the soviet union and then started out selling hot dogs, in the saint petersburg area, and then became known as putin's chef, and that's where his career really took a meet rick rise, and now he is obviously someone who is not only defying putin but also challenging the ministry of defense. here is what h...

To russia indeed. we'll watch all of this unfold together with you. thank you very much. these are historic developments that we're watching right now. and we also just got in some new video showing what is happening in parts of russia right now. take a look at this. it is a burning fuel tank at an oil refinery in the city of voronezh. we do not yet know what caused this fire, but social media videos have shown at least one military helicopter in that area. we have video of the helicopter flying toward the refinery, there's an explosion, a fireball, and then thick black smoke rises from the ar...

In ukraine? >> reporter: well, that's the big question everyone is asking here, is that what is ukraine going to do to sort of react to what appears to be the russian military establishment writ large, starting to fight among itself. now, as far as the situation on the front goes, we were down in one area, where we saw, in the southern part of the country, where we saw a lot of equipment, a lot of men, clearly poised to go into action, but nothing yet. we've been in contact with ukrainian troops in the bakhmut area, where previously, of course, the wagner group had actually been key in taking ...

Incredibly there are some russian nationals there who are fighting against their countryman to defend against putin's invasion. sam kylie has more. >> caesar is russian. he's taking a break from fighting russians in bakhmut. this is the field hospital. he's been defending this ukrainian town from russia's most intense assault along an 800 mile front. artillery duels and trench warfare have almost destroyed bakhmut. defending bakhmut against his motherland is an imperative. there are very few prisoners. >> when you see those russians in your gun sights, what do you think and what do you feel? >...

These people who have broken the law of man and the law of god, i have no pity for them. i take them prisoner if i can but most often i just have to kill them. >> reporter: so have you killed a lot of your country men? >> translator: a dozen and a half. >> reporter: this is the remains of a russian orthodox monastery. for vladimir putin the orthodox church is essential to his vision of the russian world. for some russians, that's a world they don't want to live in. ukraine's orthodox church broke with moscow three years ago. this is all that's left of a rebranded ukrainian orthodox st. george'...