the, the, [000:00:00;00] the, this is the w news. why, from berlin, military vehicles on the streets of moscow as the leader of the wagner inversion area group directly challenges the kremlin? if gaining for goes and accuses moscow's commanders of lying about the war in ukraine and says, his forces have shot down

a russian military helicopter. the army mobilizes in moscow and elsewhere with the kremlin calling it an attempt at arm to mute the . i'm michael ok, welcome. security is being wrapped up in russian cities and made reports of an armed rebellion, the head of the wagner mercenary group. if gainey precaution has rallied his troops and reportedly return to russia, he claims to have taken control of key military sites in the southern city of la stuff and gone, including the regions military headquarters. russia as president, is expected to address the nation soon. and so where do use and the russian capital moscow have declared a counter terrorism state of emergency. the kremlin is urging fighters in the wagner group to

a band and their leader rushes military scrambled to its own defense as the full out from the war and ukraine. time or these vehicles patrol the streets in moscow and the city of roast of on don't pricing for an um rebellion from their own private soldiers. in the wagner group to groups both fee of gain a precaution leave, the charge, vowing to topple and rushes, military leadership. after accusing them of launching strikes on his own troops. they still hope that they can win this war. but as long as there is no management, no military success is the leadership of the ministry of defense is carefully deceiving. the president and the president receives those reports that do not correspond to reality in any way. there are 2 agendas, one on the ground,

the other on the president's desk. the print version claimed early success and the rebellion saying his troops faced no resistance at chick points to russia and managed to reach russ stalled. those claims have not been independently verified. the kremlin immediately laid mutiny charges against precaution interrupted tv broadcasts. to deny his allegations about the war and ukraine authorities even appealed to wagner. soldiers directly to defy the lead time. is that necessary? yeah, the that's the judge. you. you have given a progression to stop, the enemy is just waiting for the internal situation to west and the country of so it is unacceptable to play into the hands of the enemy in these difficult times for

a country. in the wagner groups be a heated the capture of the ukrainian in the city of buck mood last month. a battle field succeeds that in bold and per goshen. to criticize the kremlin, that criticism now growing into a major threat to moscow and its entire military leadership for the latest i'm joined by dw, corresponded jennifer polk who's covering this story from lot for you. since dw was banned by the russian government. and jennifer, we should mentioned as we're having this conversation that blood we put in is right now, addressing the nation precaution claims his troops have entered russian territory, particularly in russ off on don. has this been confirmed by the russian military and what would be the significance of that? well, according to the latest reports,

the wagner group has taken over administrative buildings in ra, stuff on don, including the headquarters of the southern military district. there are tags in the center of the city and according to pig was in the bottom, the group controls and military, all military facilities and the stuff as well, including an air field. it does not hinder the russian armies performance when it comes to the war in ukraine, though at least that is what it goes and cleans well. there's no official confirmation by the rest of the military. the reports and the fact that the head of the rest of the region are it's the residents to refrain from traveling and not leave. their houses speaks volumes as sports significance. that means that precaution is prepared to take matters into his own hands to reach his goals. even if that means to go against moscow, it will be delivering the news of pollutants address as soon as we have it. but thus far, what's the reaction been by the russian government? well, until now,

surprisingly it has been really quiet when it comes to an official government statement. the kremlin simply stated that the item you're putting is being informed about everything that is happening. but he didn't address the issue in his separate statement until now. now, who's giving this address to the public, but what was observed in russian cities like moscow and the stuff was that tanks has been deployed on the streets without any further explanation for that. last coast may are stated that anti terrorism measures will be intensified in the capital. the security of important administrative buildings in moscow was also and up. the government though, continues to repeat that everything is under control. still, the russian army says it will guarantee safety to those wagner fighters, who stop rebelling and stop following precautions, orders. as you well know, precautions actions follow. he's claims that russia launch military attacks against

his man. any reason to doubt those claims. and why would russia launch attacks against the men who have largely spearheaded russians defensive in ukraine as well? it's difficult to say whether pre gordon's claims are true or not. but we have to remember that in the past precaution off made claims. and then where and to at all, for example, he claimed that his private army would lead, bustled on, may 10, or the touching leader rums on. did us army would take over for work in an environment? in both instances, this was not true, but in the past records and has repeatedly blame defense minister for, for not providing ammunition to walk new troops. therefore, directly causing the depth of warmness soldiers. he went as far as even insulting struggle personally. so it could mean that he became too much of a problem for moscow. a problem they might have tried to solve with an attack on gardner we're going to take

a look now at the east gainey precautions for the part of the insured kinda log. yep. that's what i bug you, but as you would, yeah, the show could watch 2 years now today goes by without commentary from rush house, vocal, all the guard you've given you pretty gordon on the war and ukraine are. those are what i need to provide. so if you look, i was more than just an opinionated billionaire. he's a key player in the conflict as commander officer walker group, a private army of mercenaries. and over the course of the war he constantly has ruffled feathers among rush as a lead. pre gordon has frequently blamed chief of staff by you to get, i assume, of, and defense administer the suitcase i go for not providing ammunition to walk there . he has even threatened them or not so you can watch go by pretty positive. yeah, there's

a bunch of friends up to the rear brake pads. chris got the pod so you would have to do of the but who is big boys and why can you speak so openly? the st. petersburg native had a trouble started in life spending most of his 20 behind bars for robbery and stepped. after his release, he set up a chain of hot dog stands in his hometown and earned enough money to open a restaurant. in the mid nineties, the new venture allowed him to mix with the rush of high and mighty, including vladimir 1414 broad, 4, and guess their earning pig was in the nickname, 14 chef. but it was only after russia illegal annexation of crimea in 2014. that science began to merge, that the warden was not an ordinary businessman. he became the commander of the

wordly pmc, the private army for hire maiden name for itself, fighting across africa in libya, syria and molly, gaining a reputation for boot ality along the way. but despite the armies experience, the gordon says it's less organization. let us know if we start to do this wonderful special operation. on february 24, i see vantage vented to the restaurant around 4 months and then came to a standstill. what's the reward our box? take it from many directions. and what did we see? an arm is that the screen no management. i don't know what the training and all weapons are kind of the standard. yep. model. it's a thought to myself, but that could be the only after months of threats, it appears the wagner bosses frustrations have finally exploded into an armed rebellion to jennifer precautions criticisms have consistently been directed at

russia's military leadership. but shrewd, his actions now be seen as a direct challenge at putting a man he is reportedly been very close to wild pick wars and repeatedly, personally insulted and blamed story. go and get i assume of for the death of wildness, soldiers and the like of i munition. as you just saw in the report, he never even remotely voice criticism towards letting you pull to you. and we have to keep that in mind. so it's quite unlikely that this situation can be considered a direct challenge to preteen jennifer polk. many, many thanks for that update. dw, so special correspondent abraham e, as in keith. and she told us how ukraine is reacting to the news of what appears to be a rebellion in russia a what a night this has been here, michael, for ukrainians that are watching the events unfolding just across the border and

rush, i imagine ukrainian officials have been in a non stop contract all night trying to make out what this means for them. with that being said, official responds to us to the public, to the press has been since so far. but remember, this is still very, pretty much an and unfolding rapidly unfolding situation. we have seen one tweet by the ukrainian ministry of defense, not really referring directly to the events in russia, but simply writing. we are watching and ukrainians certainly have a lot of reasons to be watching what's going on and rush hour right now. first there's what could, what this could mean for the battlefield. i mean, this is happening right in the middle of a ukraine's much anticipated offensive in the east and ukrainians have been known throughout this war to take advantage of situations like this to make game, to make games on the battlefield. so it remains to be seen how this could play into

ukrainian goals. if you have russian forces at home, in conflict with each other, then there's also how this plays into the larger ukrainian narrative about what this war means. i mean, their perspective is they, they have been united behind their country to defend their country. well, russians don't really know why they're fighting, and certainly seemed to uh, you know, seeing the wagner mercenary who's going against president, a tutoring at please very well into the ukrainian narrative. and they will undoubtedly be using that to lobby for their costs on the global stage. i'm curious, we hear there were air attacks on keeping other cities last night. what do we know about the casualties or damage they cost? and it was another horrific night here and to you ever think of the air raid sirens went on a $3.00 to $4.00 times last night. i mean, most of the rockets, most of the attacks were intercepted by ukrainian air defense, but unfortunately there were casualties last night when

a high rise building about 25 floors civilian building was hit, a by debris at 11 injuries were told. and unfortunately to death happened last night as a result of these attacks, but they happen every night, michael's, virtually, every night he request to create a grim reminder that, you know, despite these machinations for power happening, this is about ukrainian lives and they're being lost every day. many thanks is always to dw special corresponded abraham before we go here are some more stories making headlines around the world at this hour. flooding caused by heavy rainfall has the birch parts of chillies, capital santiago, with small towns cut off by torrents of water. authorities have ordered evacuation saying it's the worst weather in a decade. both candidates in greece is a runoff election have held their last rallies before voting on sunday. conservative front runner through yonkers, mister tacos is predicted to cruise to

a 2nd term in power and defeat the left wing challenger. alexis suprised. reminder of the latest developments at this hour, the head of russian mercenaries wagner appears to have rebelled against the law skills military leadership. russian army vehicles have been seen on the streets of moscow and elsewhere of course, will bring you all the latest on the terminal in russia in the coming hours, but to stay tuned up. next sports live catches up with a ukrainian water spirit and finds out how the war has change his life. more news at the top. the next. now the guardians of truth, my name is junk and and i have paid almost every price of being enjoying