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Down and killed during that much of the wagner mercenaries on moscow. although the circumstances of that are still unclear. so about, as i say, reasserting this idea that putin is strong. at the same time today we have been hearing more about what has been happening to yevgeny prigozhin. it has been confirmed by the belarusian president he has arrived in belarus, that his plane landed this morning, and that he will be given somewhere to stay there. he has been told that he can bed down there for a bit if he wants to, and the belarussian s will essentially look after him. and, indeed, any wagner militants who want to follow and join him in belarus. what exactly they will do that isn t exactly clear. mr lukashenko said they could join the belarusian army, the bela rusian defence ministry. one thing is clear he won t want an independent army, potentially a threat to his own power established in belarus. ....
I think that lukashenko might have been only used by the kremlin in this sort of supportive role, because what were the alternatives for putin, to kill prigozhin? i think it would have beenjust too harsh. so he suddenly remembered that he has a very close ally, lukashenko, and he has belarus as his back yard, as russia s back yard. this is how they treat the country. and i think that was the sort of saving face mode for both prigozhin and putin in this situation to send prigozhin to belarus. we don t know the exact details. we don t know the timeline of these negotiations, let s put it this way. so we don t know what s going to, what effects and what the outcome is going to be out of these conversations, negotiations. however, i think it shows that lukashenko is a puppet of putin. i don t think it was a separate, independent game from his side. and secondly, again, that he uses belarus. putin uses belarus as a back yard. ....
So we don t know what s going to, what effects and what the outcome is going to be out of these conversations, negotiations. however, i think it shows that lukashenko is a puppet of putin. i don t think it was a separate, independent game from his side. and secondly, again, that he uses belarus. putin uses belarus as a back yard. as events developed inside russia the bbc s verify team worked to sift through videos on social media to track the convoy of wagner vehicles. they are now assessing the aftermath. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake, has been working with the team and is in the bbc verify hub with more. thank you. yes, what exactly happened yesterday and just how much fighting was there between the wagner mercenaries who said they were going all the way to moscow and the regular russian army? well, here at bbc verify, we ve spent the past 2a hours looking at some of the video that s emerged, and have been trying to make sense of all of it. let me show you one video in particu ....
Between prigozhin and belarus leader alexander lukashenko. hanna liubakova is a belarusian journalist and nonresident fellow at the atlantic council. she told me that the kremlin had little choice but to involve lu kashenko. i think that lukashenka might have been only used by the kremlin i think that lukashenko might have been only used by the kremlin in this sort of supportive role, because what were the alternatives for putin, to kill prigozhin? i think it would have beenjust too harsh. so he suddenly remembered that he has a very close ally, lukashenko, and he has belarus as his back yard, as russia s back yard. this is how they treat the country. and i think that was the sort of saving face mode for both prigozhin and putin in this situation to send prigozhin to belarus. we don t know the exact details. we don t know the timeline of these negotiations, let s put it this way. ....
Putin is not a person who controlled anything in russia. putin has long played off different factions against each other his top general and defence minister, seen here, were both a target of prigozhin s anger. but this is now getting harderfor him. for the russian people, the events will have come as a shock, undermining the kremlin s attempts to control the flow of information. the reception given to the departing wagner forces last night in rostov shows some still regard them as heroes. their mutiny may be over, but the shock waves it s left behind are just beginning. gordon corera, bbc news. the deal to end the rebellion followed negotiations between prigozhin and the belarus leader alexander lukashenko. hanna liubakova is a belarusian journalist and nonresident fellow at the atlantic council. she told me that the kremlin had little choice but to involve lu kashenko. ....