Sent into exile in belarus, they are no charges against him, they are dropped. other volume rebels will not be prosecuted either, despite president putin s tv addressed 12 hours earlier, threatening punishment for criminals lunching armed meeting. we are fighting for the life and security of our citizens and our territorial integrity. it is an attempt to subvert us from the inside. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops and the people of russia. wagner forces have seized the city of rostov-on-don, a crucial launchpad for russia s offensive in ukraine. then, followed chaos and confrontation. prigozhin declared himself on the hunt for justice, accusing russia s military chiefs of killing his men. an explosion shook a second city, voronezh. and a miss out narrowly missed a military hala talk to their,
Headquarters of russia s military operations in ukraine. event seized control of military facilities in voronezh, about 500 kilometers south of moscow. a mercenary convoy then advanced north of voronezh, along the and for highway towards moscow. russian forces than erected defense positions and blockaded main roads and bridges along the route before the order was given for the mercenaries to stand down. moscow correspondent, diana magnay reports. yevgeny prigozhin cheered by supporters after bringing his country to a crisis point. it was a rebellion that ended as quickly as it began. armed wagner mercenaries leaving rostov-on-don less than a day after they took it over. ideal swiftly struck to call off his troops. translator: the time has come when blood might be shed. therefore, conscious that
The way claiming control of military installations in the voronezh region. footage later showed at least one russian helicopter narrowly avoiding a missile. translator: at 10:00 a.m. moscow time vladimir putin made a televised address to the nation, calling the rebellion a stab in the back. translator: all those who chose the path of treachery, prepared an armed mutiny, the path of blackmail and terrorist methods will answer to the law and our people. reporter: the kremlin announced counterterrorism measures, tightening security in moscow. but by saturday night, suddenly a kremlin reversal. putin spokesman announced a deal. prigozhin released an audio message saying his troops would turn around and go back to field camps to avoid shedding russian
Rostov-on-don when the wagner group forces occupy the headquarters for russia s military operation in ukraine. they then seize control of the military about 500 kilometer south of moscow. a mercenary convoy than advance north of voronezh along the informal way towards moscow. russia elected defensive possessions positions in maine way of the bridges along the before the order was given to the mercenaries to stand down. our moscow correspondent diana magnay reports. yevgeny prigozhin cheered for forces after bringing his country to crisis point. but zero billion that as of wagner mercenaries leaving rostov less than a day after they took it over, ideal weekly struck to how off troops. the time has come one blood mika sherr, therefore, conscious that russian blood
Four through voronezh where we saw pictures of russian helicopters attacking and it got shot down. they got a couple of hours before they decided to turn around and stop, this is a significant move. we re talking about hundreds of kilometers, through any of the protection that should ve been put in there with the russian authorities if we look at ukraine, the russian forces couldn t get into kyiv in the next few days the wagner group took 18 months to get seven kilometers ahead in bakhmut. it reminded me of the march in kyiv that we saw when the war picked up and you had to reminder a set that was marge alexander the leader of belarus was involved in brokering this deal to talk prigozhin down yesterday, interestingly, chris
Showing military vehicles and buses with flags driving on a highway in a southern direction. russian authorities started to dismantle roadblocks overnight in the lipetsk region, somewhere midway between rostov-on-don and moscow, excavators were then seen filling in an improvised moat which they hoped would make the route i m passable for wagner troops. well, let s just remind ourselves how events unfolded. this all happened very quickly yesterday. it began early on saturday morning, in rostov-on-don, when wagner group forces occupy the headquarters for russia s military operations in ukraine. then seized control of military facilities in voronezh. now, that is 500 kilometers south of moscow. a mercenary convoy than advanced north of voronezh, that is along the midway towards the capital. russian forces then erected defensive positions and blockaded main roads and
an explosion struck a second city, voronezh, i narrowly missed a military helicopter there. and oil depot to set ablaze with heading for moscow. authorities scramble to build roadblocks to slow their advance. but if you any prigozhin s unexpected u-turn a deal brokered by russia s key ally, alexander lukashenko of belarus, has let the man once called putin pitbull step back. he s now leaving russia and future and that of his wagner mercenary group uncertain. and then we put may have a 23 year grip on power and images of troops preparing offensive in machelle moscow in the federal and its correction and lasting insurrection damage dynamic may, sky news, moscow.
Russia. wagner forces have been continuing to withdraw from the voronezh region. local people have been posting videos which show military vehicles and buses with flags, driving on the highway in a southern direction. russian authorities started to dismantle those roadblocks overnight, in the pep screen, midway between rostov-on-don and moscow, excavators were seen filling in an improvised moat which they had hoped would make the road impassable for wagner troops. let s remind ourselves how events unfolded. this all happened very quickly yesterday, it began early on saturday morning, ian rostov-on-don. that is when wagner group forces occupied the headquarters for russia s military operations in ukraine. they then seized control of military facilities in that on the edge, but 100 kilometers south of moscow. a mercenary convoy than events north on voronezh, along the
U.s. intelligence officials believe that vladimir putin knew something wasn t coming. he had obviously seen the rhetoric coming out of who understood and voronezh. i wonder why putin didn t act sooner. i think in large part, he didn t have any forces to act. what we re seeing with the russian military is there are stretched to their absolute limit. remember prigozhin forces are folks who have been released from prison. he has been recruited on his own, separate from the russian government. the russian military s overextended and ukraine. they have had to go through multiple rounds of subscription just to get folks onto the field in ukraine. this doesn t leave much in the reserve. there aren t a lot of forces inside russia that can deal with us. another layer to this, which was kind of shown there at the
Passing the city of voronezh and were spotted as far north as the lipetsk region, which is around 300 miles south of moscow. then in the early evening prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia s military leadership for some time, over their approach to the war in ukraine. sarah rainsford reports. mutineers cheered as heroes. cheering. this crowd are shouting wagner , the name of the mercenary group that vladimir putin had accused of treason only hours earlier. the fighters were clearly among friends here. just one bizarre scene in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, placing tanks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior military figures.