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because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but they'll sign new contracts with russia's defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagner's leader says he agreed to that in order to avoid bloodshed. >> translator: therefore, realizing all the respo...

Being stopped by his own security forces. that it can take over the headquarters of the russian military in the south of the country without firing a shot. that's what prigozhin forces, what his forces succeeded in doing on saturday. and i think as a number of observers have said, prigozhin has demonstrated that vladimir putin no longer has the monopoly on the use of force in his country after 23 years in power. >> i want to ask you too about belarus. why would prigozhin go there? why was alexander lukashenko the dealmaker? >> reporter: right. well, belarus is a much smaller country than russi...

Extremely seriously, closing down roadways, putting armoured vehicles in downtown moscow, all to say that this is serious. the russians are taking this very seriously, it sounds like they should. they do appear— sounds like they should. they do appear to _ sounds like they should. they do appear to be _ sounds like they should. they do appear to be taking - sounds like they should. they do appear to be taking it - do appear to be taking it seriously, in fact though kremlin has accused prigozhin of trying to mount a coup. do you give out any credence? i do, i do. this is almost certainly an a...

-- essentially an carry-on. i think prigozhin and wagner _ -- essentially an carry-on. i think prigozhin and wagner group - -- essentially an carry-on. i think prigozhin and wagner group will l -- essentially an carry-on. i think. prigozhin and wagner group will be cut down to size. i do not buy this recent explanation the pollution president broke —— belarusian president broke —— belarusian president broke —— belarusian president broke a deal and the harsh form of vladimir putinjustice brought to prigozhin and the leadership of the wagner group. this would not be forgiven or forgo...

Then another casualty arrives from the front. 56—year—old alexander. more shrapnel. and yet, as heavy as the fighting still is, there is renewed hope here that a demoralised, divided russian enemy may be in big trouble and that putin's warjust might have reached a turning point. trouble and that putin's warjust might have reached a turning point. lets ta ke lets take a look at the man right at the centre of this. yevgeny prigozhin. he is the commander of the wagner mercenary group, who led his forces north towards moscow. in the last half hour or so, reuters news agency released these phot...