one, darren, how smart nature the boy likes watching it on youtube. dw documentary, the, this is dw news live from berlin. vladimir putin says a military rebellion is under way in a televised address. the russian president says he's being stands in the back. a power struggle is on folding with guinea pig ocean. the leader of the 5 year mercenary group whose troops are advancing on moscow,

and less than 500 kilometers sides of the capital explosions in the city of photo nation. where the wagner mercenary group are reportedly in control of military facilities will bring you like us to the pablo solely as welcome to the program. russia's president vladimir putin has violated to crush what he called an armed mutiny in a televised address. it comes after you've got any precaution, head of the wagner mercenary group, said he wanted to oust russians military leadership. wagner soldiers have been approaching moscow along rushes. m 4 highway armored vehicles were seen around the city of rough stuff on dun, near the border with you frank goshen claims his forces have control of teeth. miller trees sites in the city. footage has also emerged of an explosion in the

city of foot on edge one step closer to moscow report suggest the wagner forces reach there. early on saturday, a heavy comforter was seen flying low over the sea shortly before the blast. now the governor of lead yet, which is just a few 100 kilometers size of the russian capital, says wagner, forces have entered the region or far to use have warrant residents to stay indoors . goshen denies, he staging a to win his russian authorities declare a counter terrorist operation in moscow. wagner, chief, you have any precaution says his troops are prepared to die for their cause. residence in ross dawn. dawn awoke to startling scenes on saturday. mercenaries from the wagner group station on the streets, their leader of guinea for goshen,

says he wants to oust rushes, military leadership marching. a significant escalation of in fighting between the 2 sides. president vladimir putin urged wagner mercenaries to a band and the uprising and said, decisive action will be taken to stabilize the situation and rust off on don in a televised address for the movie. any internal turmoil is a deadly threat to our state hood, to us as a nation. this is a blow to russia and to our people, and will take a tough action to protect the fatherland from such a threat. did you? so i think we'll do what the just to ship the soldiers who deliberately embarked on the pass of betrayal prepared an envoy, balance, and boxed on the path of blackmail and terrorist methods will suffer inevitable punishment. they will answer before the law and before people, even enough from metal, goshen has accused russia's military leadership of launching,

strikes on his troops and says they are deceiving the president. 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 as 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, the wagner group has played a key role in rushes in one of ukraine, emboldened by gaines on the battlefield, like here and back move. promotions, criticism of the kremlin, had been growing ever louder. that criticism now becoming a major threat to moscow and its entire military leadership that he don't use. former moscow bureau chief era shadow joins us now from the last. the and

capital re, guys dw, is banned from reporting in russia. you're a great to see you. so it's a very fast moving situation in russia right now. fill us in on the latest, as well as must go, may a sub jani in the analysis of it to next to monday will be a day off in law school in order to minimize the risk he sat early. as the most cold storage is in post a so called counter terrorist operation regime, it means that police can type old telephone conversations, read the private, the correspondence, and check on the cd residents. as the most government seems to be preparing pablo for a possible arrival of free goals and troops to because the mass that the substrates may be closed off for the people in the south alpha rational. it was a very strange day so far to tanks and all stuff i'm done are still located in the center of the city. police has been report to the locked in their offices since last night, and several shots were fired in the sense of the media reported some published

videos to show people running. know you have denny pedagogy and it said his wagner group are attempting to reach moscow. you've mentioned that how far though have they actually advanced towards the russian capital? well, precautions man has apparently reached in the pits, good town, 400 kilometers from moscow. but if they actually couldn't reach them, all sco depends very much on if they are stopped on their way to the russian capital by regular russian troops or any of the security forces. why? loyal to the russian president of regarding the wants of visitor to go to the end. she seems to have no other choice bucks to drive to invade moscow at bush and seems to have on the estimated fuse for ms. heather, it's, and the question now is, who wheels adoption sold? is leased into more defense minister say who, who is still put in a lie or regarding who is against you? now your re, vladimir putin, is describing the advantage of the events that we're seeing in russia as an armed

mutiny. but how are these events being received by people in russia? a while russia is big and russians wrecked? very different. of course, you don't see precautions. people inside few yeah. or is default use for example, is there of in moscow in saint petersburg because then of course of the invoices that are more, more important and many people in moscow i spoke to off. right. that's the whole thing we'll get out of hand. at the same time, some of the lights that someone is finally standing up to put in, even though we shouldn't think that suddenly all the russians will take to the straits and protest against as a boy, the anti wall laws in russia remained much too harsh for that you're already, let's talk a little bit about russia's neighbors and do we know how they seem responding? has there been much response from them? yes, of course of the neighboring countries of russia alarm because the no metal was that

you like food to know not the callous in russia can become very dangerous for everyone in europe. here is bolts of congress, lots of where i am now. a border controls has been tightened. it's honestly a well, if the russians who were allowed to enter for many, tammy, and reasons until now, can continue to enter this way. and he and presidents knows he does that, does that the current events show that the process of war and ukraine has beg fiat, georgia is monitoring closely the events in dawson, georgia, also shares come on board with russia and cause ex done presidents to kind of cold up the quote for the or assumption of law and all the in russia. now, how does this benefit vladimir putin to go up against the wagner group considering that the, the mercenary forces have been crucial to russia's war in ukraine? yeah, and on the one hand precautions people was something like the elite troops and ukraine was still lead troops and they did

a chief military successes in the so called military special at special operations . that's what this why quote, it's called in russia. is it what can see the better train but to exempt and job, but to paid if they are no longer fighting in the ukraine, then most school bill obviously lose a lot of friends as the phones. um. how about if they gets to moscow and hinder it's 14 may lose his power. so put in has no choice but to fight for gordon's people now. otherwise he's on future is uncertain. you read tell us is, could we see more people in russia now, perhaps protesting against russia is war in ukraine, considering what we're seeing, taking place at today. now popular? i don't think so. people are very afraid. people are intimidated. people are getting very harsh punishments. a long sentence, this is a there to fix those truth and protest open against disease of all, i think we can to be so naive to saying that the russians now massively would stick

to the streets in protest against as well. but uh these uh, this, um, yeah, most of the country is good to change. uh, depending on uh, regarding some military success, maybe type jerry dw, use your shuttle joining us from the lafayette capital rico. let's take a closer look at the mine who is marching his mercenary forces across russia in an apparent open rebellion. if guinea pig ocean for those roads that i need to buy, not a day goes by without commentary from russia's most vocal only got you have any pre going on. the war. ukraine is more than just an opinionated feeling that he's a major plan. the conflict as commander of the bag in a group of private army of mercenaries. the war in ukraine is not the 1st to provide and they've been active further afield. fighting and libya,

syria and molly, gaining a reputation for vitality along the way. progression and things they can do a better job than what he feels is a disorganized russian army. we'd love to have to restart that because it's a wonderful special operation on february 20 for advantage vented to waste done to around 4 months and then came to a standstill. what's the, is that what we got our box taken from many directions and what did we see? an arm is that discrete thing? no management, not training us. and all weapons will probably come to the standard. yep. what's the bottom that could be a bully. but how did you have any precaution gained such prominence? the st. petersburg native had a trouble started in life spending most of his twenty's behind balls for robbery and theft. after his release, he set up a chain of hot dog stalls in his hometown and enough money to open the restaurant. in the mid nineties, that new venture allowed him to mix with the brushes,

high and mighty, including vladimir putin, late to put in even started taking his foreign guest that adding precaution, the nickname, pollutants sheriff. but it was only after russia's illegal linux agent of crime in 2014. but science began to imagine that precaution was no ordinary businessman. precaution has since not only become a public figure as one of pollutants, confidence, but he's become a politician in his own rights. and over the course of the war, his ruffled feathers among rushes elite. the only golf is constantly blamed chief of staff to valerie dressing, all the defense ministers that gay showed good for not providing munition to vag. now he's even gone as fast threatening them with dire consequences. the yeah, but i shared straight we have you cause we get just i'm requesting so it goes saturday to provide them your nice and then media. in

case of use refusal, i can see the necessary to inform of the supreme commander in chief acknowledge the existing major problems in the vacuum at bmc around the box mold. unless you don't know when to bust me. cracks have imagined precautions relationship with the kremlin. he might enjoy leeway from food and when it comes to the war in ukraine, but it appears he's growing. political ambitions are not welcome. they won't say me of the gap has been going between the role puche and assigned him and the political place. he believes she deserves. now it seems he's looking to change that with this, you would just do. well, joining me now is marina. i'm a ron, a military analyst at kings college london at good to see marina. now vladimir putin had said that this is an arm, didn't use me pedagogy and said his name is not a coo, but instead he wants a change in russia's military leadership, including the defense minister. so is it

a rebellion or a to if he's going after members of the leadership? what's your take on this a good evening problem? well, that's an interesting question because a lot has changed in the past 24 hours as far as progressions actions are concerned . and nobody was for seeing that he would actually march towards mosque, how was the demands that he has been making? and he has been hinting at his desk this or this faction from last year with his a this what the section was a ministry of defense. and it was the way things around in the mit, in, in the minister of defense and in the armed forces. and he became gradually more and more local as he saw his important scrolling on the battlefield. and he's in, is it the in distance ability of his group in ukraine from what progression has been seeing? obviously that has been a lot of statements coming from him. it seems that it is not a crew,

so essentially precaution is not somebody who would actually want to run brochure. he's more, he's not that kind of pull edition. he's more of a military man. yeah. and somebody who wants to reform the armed forces and he's criticized the military's approach. he's criticized the top brass and the specially the defense minister showing cool and general growth mode as well to, to an extent. so i think what he was hoping for is to maybe take a short was place and initiate a reform in the armed forces according to his own understanding not very not it's just.