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it s saturday 2a june. our main story: the kremlin has ordered the arrest of the leader of its mercenary group, wagner, which has been assisting the country in its war against ukraine. yevgeny prigozhin has been accused of mutiny by russia it s after he called for a rebellion against russia s army. it follows accusations of a deadly attack on wagner forces. the fighters have left ukraine and entered russia, where security has been stepped up. vincent mcavinney reports. operation fortress activating in moscow. in the middle of the night, military vehicles protecting kremlin buildings. the full details of the plan are state secrets but a sign that putin is clearly worried because of this man. yevgeny prigozhin is the leader of the bagnaia group. wagoner group. prigozhin has been a close ally of putin s for years, accused of meddling in the 2016 us election and expanding russian influence in africa. since last year his has recruited dozens of convicts across russia to fi ....
to moscow as well. 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 address and said russia is facing a betrayal. here s mr putin s television address to the russian nation. translation: russia is engaged in a fight for its future. the entire military information might have the worst has been sent against us. we are fighting for our independence. we are fighting for our right to remain russia. a country with 1000 years of history. today, the fate of our people is being decided. we need the consolidation of all forces. everything has to be discarded that weakens us. anything that can be used and is being used to subve ....
Social media. that means that this is being taken seriously. sergey surovikin, the former head of the russian forces in ukraine has called on wagner to stop and the other general who is the deputy head of the military intelligence in russia, he had spoken of a military coup and he has urged wagner to stop before it is too late. also, russian state tv which is reflective of the kremlin s views and intentions, earlier this evening, it interrupted its programming to broadcast what it called an emergency news bulletin which basically recapped all the official accusations against wagner and denials of targeting its bases. and also, unusually, it mentioned yevgeny prigozhin by name so that on state tv, that s rare, and it also suggests that the kremlin is really concerned about what yevgeny prigozhin may be doing. and briefly if you don t mind, ....
Seriously? the fact that they have made appeals to wagner and these videos are also circulating on russian social media. that means this is team taken seriously being taken seriously. certainly the former head of the russian forces in ukraine has called on wagner to stop and the other general who is the deputy head of the military in russia, he had spoken of a military coup and he has urged wagner to stop before it is too late. also, russian state tv which is reflective of the kremlin s views and intentions earlier this evening, it interrupted its programming to broadcast what it called emergency news bulletin which basically recapped all the official accusations against wagner and ....
Interrupted regular programme to broadcast an emergency news bulletin, recapping official statements about prigozhin and wagner, and stating that president putin was kept informed of developments. russian general vladimir alekseyev described mr prigozhin s actions as madness, whilst the deputy commander of the russian ukraine campaign sergei surovikin told wagner soldiers to stand down. you must do this before it is too late. obey the will and command of the elected president of the russian federation. stop the convoys, return to bases and places where you are stationed. meanwhile, the war in ukraine continues. air raid alerts have been issued across ukraine for a second night. two people were reported injured in kyiv by fragments from a downed russian drone. ....