the, the, there's a dw, do use, live it from berlin, rushes mercenary leaders, as he did not intend to over throw russian president vladimir putin in an order your message today if get any production says that his actions on saturday were informed to what he calls for leadership from us scouts of the war and ukraine, also coming up nato had you had spoken very says that evince,

over the weekend demonstrate the weakness and fragility of the russian regime. plus an election breakthrough for the far right here in germany, the a f, the parties candidate wins. it's 1st governing post at a district pole in the east of the country. it's a victory that could set the tone for next year's local and state elections. and the special olympics in berlin come to a close with the celebration of the brand new brigade organizers healing the games as a big success. the library golf is good to have you with this, the man who launched that extraordinary revolt in russia and then suddenly called it all has spoken out in all your message today. wagner, group leader. you have guinea for goshen claim that he wanted to protest. the

russian government not overthrow but that his actions had highlighted weaknesses in russians. russia's security partners, a short lived revolt has left moscow seeking to restore. com and a search president. putin's authority. many questions remained about how the dramatic events will inform his next steps. and what they could mean for the war, and you, great. after a weekend of may head mans with votes, operations save face has kicked in at the criminal and it started with the speed the i released on russian state tv with defense minutes. this guy is showing front and center, seen a probably visiting the front line and ukraine. it's his 1st public appearance since the buck and have a vote, an eclipse signal that he's still in charge. so which will go with them police again and then came a call for unity from russia's prime minister, going to be praise president pollutants leadership with the junior 11th faith cabinet meeting here in moscow along the way through before the under these

circumstances, it's important to ensure the solvency and independence of our country for the safety and wellbeing of our citizens. so we need to act together as one team maintain the units you offer or forces by lining up behind the president and take calculated joint decisions to implement task given by the head of statements that is showing you the you know, bonding as others. but the postponement going, so that's the email of the key and the, despite the huge step putters, to his leadership by bob, this module must go with if there was no mention of the weekends testimonial and was automated to teams, but statement. and since it all ended, instead, we go to the video address released by the criminal in the beginning in which he praising young engineers. let's meet with the the us and others have described. so today's or vote, which is a direct challenge to the russian presidents leadership to the bottom to lead on to sports is that's a fall face note punishments despite putins play around on the internet score. yep

. kenny put goes in himself. he's supposed to be in bed of yours, after pulling out with his troops on saturday nights. whether he's the right to yet it's still unknown, but he has released an 11 minute or 2 your message in which he explains his reasons for taking action. not somebody said, you don't know where that was. there were 2 important factors for our decision to turn around at the the 1st. so when you guys did it, is that we did not want to spill russian blood, the battery fox, the the 2nd. where is that? we were marching, you mom to show our pro, tell you what, but idea, but not to overthrow the government of the country. so the, yeah, well, i skipped that idea or lies will now be on the kremlin. i'm what president putin does next. as questions grow? why, but his grip home power and the voc integrate those, been critical to rush as bull in ukraine and for more analysis they'll

enjoyed by leslie. she will issues of russian specialist at the cooper foundation. it's good to have you with us this evening. we heard precautions here in our report, say that he never intended to over throw russian president putin. so what did you make then of what do you say? well, i mean, we can only look at what you said yesterday what i'm saying today. i do think that you already called in march for protest yesterday and but was more than 4 important . you know, that it was a fight against the m o g, the ministry of defense. definitely. so maybe it wasn't again due to my computer since and then over for a while, but it was so questioning the content system and that we can document and it is all very important and how it was perceived in the kremlin. and we have for, and from region yesterday, very care words, my colonel guardian as a traitor. and so, in the,

in hindsight on what happens over the past years in the receiving treasures to an officer by comparing all. yeah, it, russian president vladimir putin is scheduled to make a statement to the country tonight. that's what we're hearing right now. that tells us one thing that this really isn't over isn't it certainly is not over. um, well once regarding this though, to, you know, publicly speaking and to the people to the, the international public. and while he's now in the rooms, i think we need to watch the roof closely to watch what you guys think has doing. because well, it would also be very interesting to see the crime in the relationship between english and bell roost. um and i do see potential invest in case because a couple actually support for goes in. and so wagner, troops to stay and rebuild in bolivar is, what is the future, the fate of the wagner troops? i mean, is that future now in beller roost?

his hands to certain extent. it is spots um at the same time, bella bruce, is to a very large extent in russia. so i do not think that there will be um, well, open conflict between new cars and i'm putting it in general because i think i is probably the only winner of this whole situation and they'll be but we're probably the only one. i do think that reactions from the from that are probably not going to be very open and we need to weigh what's if what you all say in a speech. but i think the decisions made yesterday so that these they're not planning on issues. so the show down, come dining rewards and what it builds a blow them improvements, hold on power. is it weaker? now i'm considering what happened this weekend as i do say. so i think i'm

the remarkable thing that happened this weekend was for the 1st time, basically in full of put in the presidency, the control of the internal situation, boston office, and the advocacy of 14. that was the question. so for the 1st time russians, and they would think about what would happen is um, what would have like cool quads be in the face of fulton? um, does he not control the leaves as much as everybody's thoughts, including large part of the easy saw many need for example, binds my out of the country yesterday. i think that is something we should close the watch and also for an international situation because um, also domestic partners will want to close the is pushing happens all over the country. let's let me just ask before you've another time. but what does all of this mean been for russians, military strength, and it's more against ukraine and, you know, we've got the ukranian counter offensive that as well under way. well,

1st of all means that the bach next group, i probably at least for now not going to be as involved. and we know that the vacuum tubes are the ones that have well succeeded in rushing ice mostly in your brain. also compared to the russian army. so i do think that will have an impact. certainly also going to have an impact on your brain in results. um, but i think immediate effects in decision making concerning the war in your brain in the russian government should not be expected. leslie issue, but with the cobra foundation here in berlin, less than we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. us. thank you. your grace presidents and loved them is zalinski today under the soldiers at a ceremony in an undisclosed location, in the don't ask region. in the video, he told soldiers, everyone knows that you are doing the most difficult work. you legislator posed for sale fees with troops at a gas station. while scale is formerly claimed to have handed the deluxe region,

the region has been occupied by russian lead forces ever since 24 team. sorry, we're going to get the straightened out. our special corresponded all your abraham . she is in t values. good to see you the, the world, of course, wondering what the situation in russian means for ukraine. now the president zalesky, did he make any remarks about that when he visited with the troops or well, you didn't make any new comments during that visit today to the east. but he, you know, yesterday, and as this whole situation, russia was unfolding, you know, talked about this as a sign, the chaotic nature of russia's political system and political lead. and now he, along with other ukraine and officials, basically use this as a way to say to the west, into the world. hey, we told you so russia is beautiful restaurant can be defeated and proved to that is

just the complete and utter chaos of their political lead. that is now clear for the world to see that's sort of the landscape perspective. you know, it has been his perspective throughout this whole event debacle in russia. however, you'd like to call it, but i think is a visit to the east today. that itself is the message. i mean, he showed himself in a very relaxed mood and a gas station taking, so he's with us soldiers. he's getting, you know, he's very close to them physically. everyone looks like, you know, they're kind of happy to see him. and that is, of course, in clear contracts to how we've sort of encountered president put in since this whole thing has begun. and really, i mean, when it all started, there was speculation that he had even fled moscow to st. petersburg. i mean, you know, his, his, his private jet had allegedly made the trip from the 2 cities. i mean, we saw this video of him today, attending an event on related to what's been happening over the past 2 days. it's unclear when and where it was recorded in here you have the president of ukraine

directly as all of this is happening, you know, going to it and looking very comfortable on the front lines with his troops. so it's certainly, you know, it's just another, it's just another way for the ukrainians to try and illustrate what they've been seeing throughout this whole thing is that they have their act together. whereas a brushing leadership is incomplete and other disarray. yeah, that's true. even good for the pictures. they certainly do the talking today, especially for president. so let's keep a special correspond uber, human. keep tonight, i a thank as the head of nato today spoke out about the boarded wagner group revolt and russian. you had stoughton back says that the alliance is closely monitoring events in russia. he stressed that the revolt was an internal matter, a domestic russian matter. as he spoke alongside with when he is president in germany's defense minister, afterwards built and beg, spoke to dw corresponded alexander phenomena making clear that nato's priority

remains supporting you create. well, the events we saw unfolding in russia over the weekend demonstrates the weakness of the fragility of the russian regime. it also demonstrates the danger of being dependent on mercenaries as percentage and has been when has a, use the volume and forces and under the scope, then turning against in us as we saw over the weekend. at the same time, we need to remember these are internal russian. well, there's, it's not fun. i don't, it's, it's, it's, it's an internal russian issue about this when they do is ukraine. and therefore, we must continue to support ukraine and welcome about germany dust and all that all us do in providing support for your client. or earlier i spoke with our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon. she has been following this story for us from the way the to install some buck also told me that nato has already boosted

its presence on its eastern and fling, they sent additional ships and or crafts. and of course, additional soldiers into the region and allies have already agreed on a new rotational model for air and missile defense here in the region. and we are probably going to see more fight to jobs conducting or policing commissions. and more patriots systems being deployed to the region. however, we also have to say that it's not enough for countries such as, for instance, least we in your accounts, we own nato's eastern slang. they share a border with russian, exclaimed colleen go out here in building use, for instance, we also only about 37 kilometers away from bill, our ruse. a key russian allied that has offered to take in vog in the group

both goes and so you can understand that lead to in. yeah, it's very concerned and they would like to see more they would like to push me to to boost feather boost. it's for that presence in the region is database alexander, phenomena reporting dear you as president joe biden says, it's too early to draw any conclusions about the impact of the wagner groups. a boarded revolt in russia biden today said that he and western allies are in close contact over these events. he also said that he has assured president, well them is zalinski and ukraine that us support for you pray and will remain strong for i began by dismiss the idea that nation supporting ukraine had anything to do with the chaos in russia on saturday. so the situation began to develop as it did, i directed my national security team to monitor close the report to me our by our i

instructed them to prepare for a range of scenarios. i also convened our key allies on, on a zoom call to make sure we're on the same page, is critical that we are coordinated in our response and coordinate and what we to anticipate. we agree that i agree with me that we had to make sure we gave put no, excuse me, i was, i gave food, no excuse to blame this on the west and of blindness on data. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle with in russian system, a right to buy their stress into the us, the data we're not involved from where i when i go down to washington correspondent janelle tamales, they are forest. janelle, it's good to see you. why was it so important for president biden to point this out? while this was very obviously a calibrated communications decision,

the word here is that the us intelligence community knew about the potential escalation between per goes and, and putin for a few weeks now. and as such, when the moment came, they knew what they were going to say. and the decision to be circumspect about this or to dispel any notion of us involvement really does seem grounded in the idea that no one knows what's going to happen next, or what this means for ukraine and russia, and lots of branding it as an internal russian matter really does seem to be the most careful way to proceed in a situation that can change quickly or dramatically. but what is interesting is that by then in his remarks, they are refused to correct to rise the situation. he held off on using words like cool revolt or mutiny, preferring instead to refer to the situation or the events that said today has been a day of statements we've heard from the state department, the white house. and there is a widespread acknowledgement of the fact that the sort of challenge to putin's

power and his reasons for invading ukraine represents a new moment. and both the white house and the state department are saying that the situation in russia remains dynamic. no one here is operating under the assumption that this is over by any means it briefly just talk to us about what the us president doug said to, to ukraine's president zalinski as well. i was listening earlier to some of the remarks there made by salton berg, similar remarks from bite and as well reiterating u. s. support for ukraine defense and territorial integrity by didn't expect to, to speak again today or tomorrow to the lensky. basically saying that there, there have been pains taken here to say that the events in russell will not distract from the support from us support in ukraine. and the to this is, this is going to remain on change. but you can imagine that behind the doors behind

closed doors, that's all and you, one is talking about that there is some furious scenario building going on behind the scenes and that will remain the situation for the next couple of days. jeanette with the ladies here in washington. janelle, thank you for it. let's take a look at some of the other headlines from around the world of sierra leone president julie as well to b o is on course for re election, is already past the threshold for victory. but 60 percent of the votes counted the main opposition party all people's congress, so that one of their volunteers who died after police fired tear gas at their headquarters on the tents. pulling the furnace in guatemala, have sent 2 candidates through to a runoff election for the presidency. former 1st lady sandra torres, but the conservative you in the party got on the 16th, said the bus. well left is bernardo, auto follow. took roughly 12 percent in chile, severe flooding. his love,

at least the people that and triple others missing hundreds more had been forced to leave their homes. heavy rains have caused rivers to verse their banks in the center of the country as well. here in germany, the far white alternative for germany party has claimed its 1st senior position in local government. the party currently seeing a search in support across the country. now in a, if the candidate has been elected to the post of district administrator in the town of zone up there in the eastern state of the range. and in that state, the f d is under surveillance by the domestic intelligence agency. and one of its leaders is being investigated for allegedly using nazi slogans which is a crime in germany. the f, the victory and zone a bug mux. and now the political breakthrough for the fall right party to some of the district of the cause made history off the the email. we look more,

i mean history and corner of electric live interior in the range. you opened up also in german thoughts on, on get home among those celebrating the when would be on hook a scene here on the left, the big ahead of the f d 's most extreme wing and policy lead to teen or cripple. if i could type that, it shows that taking an interest in is always, always active. so i know that's what i did during the inbox with cats and also because paula took us for the sizes and demand. nobody else who didn't blowing out with infinity meant under. although it was a local election, the f. d campaign ends on the books focused on national issues like migration, the controversy of the phasing out oil and gas, home heating and the economy. and it seems to have one of the voters, the drivers and the something has to change all in whatever direction this needs to it was a no show to it's good. yeah, i have nothing against warners, but it's just too much evolves to dispute. the previous district administrator, you can cut a loss despite being backed by all the establishment parties across the political

spectrum. so this is like the fortunately i know i'm like the selection was not about the candidate in my style. and part of the dentist is the politics of the governing coal. i remember lately you would say thank you to take the book this week. the only thing in the range is one of the states of the former communist east germany state premier buddha rema. lo says many in the east, well dissatisfied times i have done both of these on east valley view, most guy revised as i live nermine unit. and so that's usually are all you'll included on the east coast end of me all in video. there be laughter. you're told about what it was, you know, get a good, what, although this election victory, when give the f d much power to over a whole political policy, it's reynolds occasions of being felt far beyond the bag. i'm sorry, is it? we have breaking news nails, or developing story russian president vladimir putin has just addressed the nation

. following saturdays of board and revolt by the wagner mercenary group, proved in saying that all necessary decisions to neutralize what he described as a threat were taken at the beginning of the revolt. he says that it would have been suppressed anyway, as organizers realized that their actions were criminal, boots him with, onto the fake commanders and soldiers of wagner, who avoid you, but he described as bloodshed. no, we have to point out that puts in just like pre ghost neither have been seen in public since the weekend there. we're about remain unknown to night and we have no way of verifying whether or not the address there was just broadcast whether or not it was real or recorded. we certainly will have more of these as details come in, the parts of sports news. now the berlin special olympics have included with a closing ceremony at the clinic, brand newburgh gauge on may. $7000.00 athletes with intellectual disabilities

competed in $26.00 events. so politicians hope that the successful games will encourage germany to bid to host the 2036 summer olympics. the world's largest inclusive sporting event finished in a feeding way in fairly and on sunday nights with a spectacular closing ceremony episode. his famous brandenburg gates the special olympics, so more than $7000.00 athletes with intellectual disabilities, from a $190.00 different delegations competes more than $330000.00 people, attended across pay days to watch any sports from weight, lifting to swimming under the motto, let me win, but if i cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt filling staged in the event that fascinated athletes and fans like for many of the competitors, presenting themselves on the world stage was a dream coming through. the whole

and sporting success is just part of the key takeaways from the events. yes. start to feel like family because you are with them for 2 weeks and the buns will never be forget. and i think the events both even we do live, that's how the 9 days unfold. it are the best bags to people of germany who have welcomed our movement with open arms and made us feel like we are the most welcome human beings. on our 3rd year, germany, as the special olympics, come to a close organize us hope that a new era of inclusion is set to start the, the partnership of hollywood star, as ryan reynolds and robert nichol heavy has already found success in the world of english football and now they've trained their science on formula one,

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this, our rushes mercenary leader in spoken out on the revolt that he led to the weekend and audio message. you have gave me per goes. you said that his actions were to purchase the failings in the war and ukraine claims he did not intend to overthrow russians government. you're watching dw news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more of old news, followed by the day. hope to see you then the the, the

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