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a progression must go turns into a fortress. security is tightened around the kremlin, and magic facilities near the campus home. and keep, and it's western allies, a closely watching the rebellion and russia is they assess what it could mean to the board and you cry, the rushes, letting me a person is facing them using the by the head of the box and this and re group if any progression right now, a convoy of wagner fighters is heading towards most go. they want to all of a troy rushes military leadership. the president is accusing the mysteries of treason and the trial. michael apple begins l coverage. chechen finance is on the way to the city overall stuff on don. it's and see where they are coming from. but often following to crush the mutiny there apparently on
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a collision course with the wagner medicine res, to the church and lead a rums on cut their off. because said his men would do every thing to preserve the unity of russia. wagner is supposed to seize control of the kremlin military headquarters and rushed on dawn early on saturday, saying they shut down a russian military helicopter pictures. images of almost $200.00 russian soldiers surrendering and social media have showed the wagner medicine res, on the streets of rust, of some of them, even finding the time to order fast food. later, as long the military convoy hitting north towards moscow came on to fly outside the city. a vote on nash in a tv address rushed his presidency, punishment for what he called wagner. the stab in the back was inevitable. they should give you much nettle. we will protect our people in our statehood from any threats including internal be trail and what we're facing is betrayal. exorbitant
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ambitions and personal interest led to treason, to the russian leaders, spelling out just how serious he thinks the threat from wagner is the way we're moving it. smooth submitted to, you know, any internal turmoil is a deadly threat to our state hood to us as a nation. this is a blow to russia, to our people. russia's defense ministry appealed to of arguments fighters to a band and per goshen saying they've been tricked into what was described as a leaders criminal adventure and participation in an armed rebellion tension between wagner and the criminal ins on forces escalates it during the battle of buck moved with a mis and res played a crucial role in the drawing out fight to capture the city in an audio recording progression, denied pollutants, accusation of trees and bipolar disorder origin that we are patriots of our homeland. we had been fighting and we are fighting now. no one is going to turn
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themselves in on demand of the president's f. s b or anyone else. because we do not want any more of our country to live in, corruption, lies, and bureaucracy. this is why we are the patriots, and those who are against us are the ones surrounding the scumbags police rated wagner is headquarters and some petersburg golf and investigation into pro goshen was launched. while in moscow, security has been tightened and put in assigned a new law, allowing for the t de detentions. if marshal noise imposed mike level, hilda 0. as we have full correspondence following this developing story child strength, it is near the ukrainian town of buck most recently taken over by russian forces said boston is live in germany with the reactions of you kinds western allies like kind of has reaction from washington. but 1st, let's go to usually shuffle over in moscow and usually of what's happening right
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now with the wagner come boy. and we also understand the children sizes around the move as well. and that's correct. functions of the church and month battalions that reported near the southern city a rest stop on don't previously had of chechnya rums on cordero informed. developed that deployment as a result of the conflicts with pre goshen, according to configure of the rebellion must be crushed. and if tough measures are necessary that uh, full, that's done that he's fine. so those are ready. so it could be our road and his telegram channel. and it history shows that such options could lead to logic consequences while the vault and the group find to have been seen in the most current list. that's wrong is and role stove regions and pre goes and posted yet not a statement on the inside of explaining why the long think group was so popular. but there was also statements by the russian foreign ministry on the current political situation in the country. and according to the foreign ministry, b, um,
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the rebellion attempt has revealed deep resentments in the russian society which strongly supposed presidents floods of a person according to the ministry. and they blamed vulgar 9 for the stabilizing the situation in russia and destroying the countries units. a we also understand that security has been stepped up right across russia with the mia issuing a number of decrease, including uh, you know, limiting travel around the city. oh yeah, that's correct. see, oh actually most of my us survey. so bad and cool the situation difficult and declared monday a known working day. busy in mosca, security and measures of being strengthened as a number of entrances to moscow. a check point with a grenade launcher and anom, its personnel carrier, has been set top the exit from the law school ring road near the single district,
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2 entrances to the city of lip. pets have been blocked, and drivers are off to use alternative routes by the authorities. all the boss travels have been cancelled in a, in the city of ruffled on don't. and there are many people reported at the railway station that trying to flee the region. the buses running from lit that's kind of a run is to most could have also been canceled. a traffic on the most car reba has been temporarily suspended by the way in line to the progression rebellion in russia. tickets for direct flights to the city of the lease in georgia and about crew. and as i been gone, have been sold on despite astronomical prices, as people do want to leave russia now and all the public activities have been cancelled. well, at least many of them and events like problems that schools have been postponed, at least for a week. and well, you can easily see pieces of ministry equipment in the streets of most cannot. but
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generally it is quite calm here generally. okay, thank you so much. this celia shuffled a little before us in most good or will ukrainian presidents, a lot of miscellaneous cases, cases protecting europe from what he calls the spread of russian evil and chaos. and the tweets zelinski rhodes, who despises people and throws hundreds of thousands into the war in order to eventually barricade themselves in the most go region from those whom he himself. and he also edited precious weakness is all this full scale weakness and the longer rush it keeps its troops and missionaries on outlines more kyle's pain and problems, it will have for itself. well, let's get a view from the front lines about these very dramatic developments tells threats to joins us on the roads to buckboard in east and you crying. can you just bring us up to date with what the situation is where you are? the, when the law says, suppose hour or so,
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we've heard an increase in showing in the area, but food is up the road behind us. we were further up towards the fluid onto an hour ago when they were sounded like incoming shells landing in surrounding fields . throughout the day we've seen a lot of infantry moving up towards buffalo. we've in the last 10 minutes or so seen a tank go past it, been a lot of military vehicles in the area. we also saw helicopters as we understood helicopter, specifically designed to take ukrainian full sees to and from the front and interesting. they try to gauge the reaction of all the issues coming out of russia from the ukrainian soldiers that we've spoken to. they saying that they are going to try and exploit the chaos exploit the rebellion in russia. and in the woods of least one soldier hit russian full sees hauled in around bucks move. we know that
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in the last couple of weeks, suddenly you currently ministry telling us that this part of this, the beginnings of discount defensive that they've already taken a back a certain areas to the south of the move. but it's being very small so far interesting. we were hearing reports the smoldering of potentially more smooth games made for ukraine in full seats in the south of buffalo, but we call it independently. confirm those. but yeah, it's gonna be very interesting in the, in the days and weeks i have just what kind of impacts this rebellion in russia is going to have on the front line positions around buffalo. you belong to this uh, potentially goes on. i mean, what other water implications for the counter offensive uh along the front line there as well. certainly, logically they could be a quite substantial we in the last few days of spent. so i'm at 2 different locations along the 1000 kilometers the front line. firstly, yesterday we were run in one of the villages that the ukrainians about
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a week ago said that they are completely re taken from russia as part of this initial stage over the counter offensive. i certainly get speaking to the ukranian soldiers inside the village that did not seem to be the case, a tool that was ongoing fighting on the outskirts of the village in the tree. lions . there was at how being used russian at pile a load of heavy i want you to be so heavy fighting. still going on that. we'll so travelled around to cut them 200 kilometers. sorry for the new to an area around the russian control town of trevino. now this area is important because it's um, there's a huge area is close to coming into that where we taken by a ukrainian forces in the counter offensive last summer and up until around 2 weeks ago. according to the man that we spoke in the trenches in this area, they've been very little of volunteers by both sides. that it was changed around 2 weeks ago. coinciding with this account drew offensive, they saying the ukrainians that they were coming on the very heavy attacks
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artillery power again being used. they say that russian full sees a small units we're trying to evolves towards the positions in the forest. and certainly it was very loud when we with the so of course, this rebellion this kyle. so that seems to be on folding in russia has huge implications for how much ukraine 60 pushing falls to in the counter offensive because it could involve moving russian troops and those involved the troops away from the front line. so as i say to me, very interesting to see how this develops in the weeks ahead. yes, certainly will. thank you so much. that's tell stress it for us in eastern you crime to go to save. awesome. now who is life for us? and jim needs something big town. and how is your opinion leaders reacting to what's been happening in russia? well, as you can imagine, they are watching it very,
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very careful. there are crisis stocks across europe and all you repeat and happy tulsa in brussels. so joseph burrell, that you, for one chief, has called the cheese suffering for in minnesota. he has activity. that's what he says, this crisis response unit from the us sort of situation room where they can monitor the situation. 247. overall. i have to say the reactions are fairly tearful, tight lips for us. nobody in europe knows where this is going to go. as charles mentioned, of course, europe is supporting a ukraine with weapons, so they could see some possibilities here. wireless and fighting in russia, but also for us, security concerns are very of pallets at the moment. they're also warning, of course, as citizens not to travel there, but especially the eastern flags of the you a phone. and for example, has had a talk with miss away any of the baltics are very concerned as well over a, some kind of spill over. so they're watching the eastern flags, the eastern border,
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even more careful than they were doing already since the russian and patient and ukraine. also, another concern is a possible, more a russian refugees. we've seen a lot of russian people rush man for examples, a sense of mobilization or fleeing into europe. so there's a concern about that as well that people might want to come here. lots via has not already close the board. it's like other baltic states have done. so there's a lot of watching the situation very, very carefully as they say. okay, thank you so much for that this, that 1st and for us in germany. okay, let's a go now to mike hannah, who is in washington, dc, and the us secretary of site has been cooling around world latest trying to keep across these rapidly moving developments. i mentioned yes on anything can was on the phone to his g 7 con spots through the costs of the
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morning speaking to foreign ministers from a number of countries including the u. k. bronson. germany, also the national security adviser has been in copenhagen. i for appreciate your brakes meeting back was intended to persuade normal line countries like result and south africa to join the by default ukraine. obviously the situation in russia and on his forward is, is something that will be discussed at that particular meeting. now the wagner group was the ascension to quit as a terrorist organization earlier this year by the us government. it's lisa was sanctioned way back in 2016. there's great concern in the bite and administration about the consequences of the stabilize ation within russia. this is something that military leaders have cautioned about. it's something that the administration has constant being concerned about. the widespread of global ramifications often unstable russia. now that's for the support for ukraine, notwithstanding,
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still close eyes being kept on what is happening in russia itself. the president was due to go to camp david. it appears that he's pushed back his departure time. he was due to leave about half an hour ago, but he is still not left with his that is connected to the current situation. we do not know what we do know is that he was re throughout the mice on the changing situation and we'll be continue to be brief in the cost of this day and day. thank you so much. that's mike hannah for us in washington dc. as can, let's recap of the licensed developments for you coming out of russia. right now. a convoy of kind of finances is reported speech hitting north, blooming in 4 months away towards most go early and they seize control of military headquarters in the southern city of rome. stuff on the, on the leader of the wagner missing retreat, keep getting a progression says the soldiers will not turn themselves and president vladimir putin has described the rebellion as
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a stab in the back. he's bound to punish the musing these leaders will dimitri mid with the co, now takes a closer look at the wagner group, and the man behind it all. you have any pre ghost rose to power and rush up from humble beginnings and st. petersburg, after being jailed for 9 years for robbery and fraud, he became a hot dog salesman. and then the man known as putin's ships, his catering company hosted events for foreign leaders as well as president vladimir putin, his private birth date parties. it wasn't until 2022, the precaution admitted that he had found at the wagon a private military company 8 years earlier in eastern ukraine. he previously denied all connections to the most scenary group and suit any one linking him to work that the most marries are illegal in russia, but precautions close links to prove to them russia's elite allowed him to bypass legislation and gave plausible deniability of any involvement in operations of
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a seat, as well as ukraine, the wagner group has been links to military operations in syria since 2015 and aiden governments. combat rebel groups and the central african republic, libya molly and so don precaution is also linked with existing military and political influence. and chad most i'm big and zimbabwe has been so successful as a private so military company has become essentially a franchise. and so you have different, really, very distinct organizations that carry the same brand. it was an important force in russia's invasion of ukraine, including the assaults on some of the n commute. a precaution commanded up to 50000 troops in ukraine, mostly recruited from russian prisons in exchange for pub underlined his most. no, he's victories while playing down the role of the russian army to obviously put it
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has created precaution regardless of a self made man. he is putting this project to create a sort of a competitive alternative military for assuming i should to boost the effectiveness of the regular russian army forever through this later to end. and to open criticism with the golden didn't means his words in attacking defense minister said h, i go and chief of staff, evaluate and get us involved for under supplying his troops or not. so you can walk away pretty positive. we have a 70 percent shortage of admonition showing, go, garage him up here has come up where, where is the munition look at the new there's these movies there when back load was seized in may 2023. often more than 6 months of fighting big ocean and his men took a passive roll and the kremlin began to reign in wide, demanding the group register and report directly to the army. the golden refused,
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and his confrontation with russia's military leadership reached the pointing point on june 23rd. when he was accused of the mutiny entry since reaching that but didn't go out to 0. without diplomatic, it is a james by his joins us live from the you in now and terms health and soon as the international community about these developments. because seemingly, it seems that no matter what happens, they don't have much power or control of uh, anything that happens within sides most go, or russia with no control whatsoever. i think they see that there are real dangers here. but also weston to match will tell you, potentially, that are real opportunities. i think that concerns the war in ukraine. clearly. why can i have been in meshed in the russian fights in ukraine right away? back since 2014, when russia took cry, mia? and so the fact that whiteness troops, or some of them,
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at least on now heading up towards moscow in or outside ukraine, leaves a big gap. it also, i think, the stabilizes the russian troops that are left behind the ukrainians. i'm sure i'm getting help. i think from western allies will be getting all the intelligence they can about where the gaps saw. because of course, ukraine's just started it's counter offensive. so the timing is pretty good for ukraine to now try and explain the situation. thoughts on being wound though, that there is also another side to this, that russia and those russian troops who may be feeling very concerned about the situation made to start to lash out. remember, ukraine says russia was responsible for the collapse of the dam. i think we need to look at other places, for example, of the separation nuclear power plant and the real danger. i think the real worry of many diplomats is that if they feel really cool in a russian troops that may get permission from that come on to new use of tactical nuclear weapons. so they see certainly opportunities for the crating and military,
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but some potential downsides as well. yeah. but well, what have diplomats that you've been speaking to and what have they been telling you about? so it'd be opinions chances of surviving this as well on paper. if you just look at the forces we've got here, they look very, very good that night because production says he's taking 25000 men on their way to moscow. and production tends to in his pa, statements tends to exaggerate. well, $25000.00 men can compared with the total forces. vladimir putin has the 5th largest military force in the world. 1.15000000 troops and at least 2000000 reserve personnel, it looks like no battle whatsoever. but then look, what's happened in the last few hours progressions man went to ross deformed on that's the operational headquarters of the war in ukraine, a military headquarters,
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but also a city of a 1000000 people. and they all just surrender to him. he continues up that most to i getting closer and closer to moscow and no one appears to be stopping him. now i think one factor here is the power of production and why not only have a handful of jets in some highly comforters. the russians have all of the power of the russian net force, so potentially if they wanted to stop production and why can going up that moved to a they could carpet bomb the, the convoy. but the question that though is it has not been orders and all the force going to respond. and that's the why the question. i think what loyalty does proved to have and who is actually supported a precaution. we certainly seen some figures projection leader and all those come out supporting pollutant, but again, as the tight tubs, if it does, then potentially a progression might get more support as he gets closer to months ago. we certainly
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know that among the oligarchs among the leads i'm, the new people on the ground toward and ukraine is not particularly popular. the economy is tough. their competitor is, i think you can make all the way back to 1917, the year when we have 2 russian revolutions a, then there was very, very great economic hardship when we middle of world war one, the most promising speaking do think polluted. still in the end is going to prevail bots. one thing is short for good, i think for boot, and that's the overall of power and control indivisibility that he's had a long oh, different that's who i'm speaking to, remain deeply concerned because there was a real instability here as, as this, as this coming boy gets closer to most got, and remember, the russia has monique a weapons that any of the nation's own nation on of more even than the us. uh, almost 6000 nuclear weapons. and it does feel like
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a very precarious position at this point in time. just in regards to the missing recruit. wagner, how, how is this going to impact some of the countries in africa or in the middle east with wagner is authorizing to the top 10 goals will over the place. um, there are lots and lots about their operations that have been going on, but in terms of the, this of active military operations, folks, let me know pricing and syria, but they've also been fighting a lot in africa, olivia central african republic. we're not sure and totally what they're doing still in su dawn, but certainly that they were helping the, our assess the and benefiting with control of the gold mines. but i think the place i'd look right now is mostly because money. the money and government made an important decision just over a week ago and kicked the un peacekeepers out of molly the you and is desperately trying to come up with a plan for that withdrawal. and that has to be agreed by thursday when they have to come up with a new security council resolution. because you don't want to get the 1300
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peacekeepers out of money just like that. it's going to have to be a period of time to withdraw them and that will need a new security council resolution. it leaves the money and government that is kicked out. $1300.00 peacekeepers and these going to rely on right now. what was know, have about 900 clearly that probably prepared to fight a lot more. you and these in fact, human rights groups say the committee ball crimes bought this already report. so perhaps they might be about to leave. and if production is defeated, then why cannot may well, well not exist? and the modern government may now put oldest eggs in a boss, get the might not be that very soon. okay, thank you so much so that james, that's james by his out diplomatic editor from you in. okay, so what are the like? the consequences of this means in the, in the context of russia's security, we can put this christian to pedal. how can, how and independent russian defense enlist, who joins us for most good. thank you very much for being on al jazeera. before we
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get to that, i just want to ask, what is the sense of like in the city, where are you in moscow right now? i mean, to me, it's just a cleared monday and on working day and you know, it basically employing people to stop moving around the city. what is it like their slow today is? so it was a set to be basically this should, this, it was a best that shouldn't be a very big day for the graduate school or student graduates, there should, this is be their last day of education. this is always a kind of box of young boys, girls are going for all night and kind of feeds. this has been all called off. and there's a weary atmosphere, of course, because we'll basically was coming to moscow. oh, it's not the 1st time you see things happen. do. uh,
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i'm picking uh 91 even more than 93. but there was a long time ago and and sure 22 years and a half of which is blue at the southern way rushes again to griggs. so kind of open power struggle kind of civil war. and everyone is this made that to jim regimes. so that when we began to crack open, when it seemed to be still more. mm. i mean, pay to is obviously watching on presumably trying to work out how to put an into all of this. how does it go about doing that and gaining some power and control back? i'm afraid you may. there is yours mistakes the precautions set to day. morning. fortune's very kind of official statements. can you read 5 minutes on national television was very defined. he said 3 or 4 of them is a traitor and all the rest to support him are trade years that will be punished. which means just told those finders of his or hard war veterans of the bomb went
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back so that they're going back to prison. so, and they can either win, or they're going to, going to get all the class. once you can ask likely then something do find a way around it, maybe find a different defense minister, but you decide that he's going to be tough trying to suppress this. but he has problems with that. the russian comradeship, sort of the friends by and i do with the opinions and what she has in the rush and the printer land. this is a pamela. she believes simply police construct soldiers. there's no match for those . uh, veterans. uh huh. mm hm. who are just simply better and they are kind of slipping through. there's big russian forces in moscow. and here this,
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if you take moscow, you take rush, you can pressure without moscow. everything is precious, centered on $150.00. you have a qualifying answers, biopics everything. how surprised are you the seemingly wagner of being able to walk into a russell phone don't and no one appears to be stuffing them, but now, making their way up the in for towards most go seemingly unimpeded. i mean, how surprised value just to, you know, at those 3 statements as well. yeah, it was a surprise to me. i didn't know for sure what somebody puts up before i put it on the deer. sports have been doing some things from above. not much, but people of the soldiers on the ground are much basically standing aside and those who regarding the headquarters and stuff on the and also the input of a fight. once again, they were not the match for the cards. and the soldiers and fighters who were actually pushed back.
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