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breakfast. our top stories -- russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin called off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agreed to leave russia after talks with the leader of belarus. the kremlin says he won't be prosecuted. faulkner troops have also begun to leave the southern city of rostov where the -- began. just hours earlier, vladimir putin had called the rebellion treason. in moscow, residents have been told to avoid traveling and all mass outdoor events are canceled until next month. and, of course, with events in russia dominating the sunday papers, we will run through them with the -- editor peter conrad and --

welcome to sky news breakfast. the rebellion by russian mercenary leader -- to be over within 24 hours, his -- take in the southern city of rostov-on-don, a key communication setup for the war in ukraine and -- an armored of -- 124 miles of moscow. russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people and said they were traitors. but they -- deal negotiated with belarus the kremlin now says the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country and his forces will not be prosecuted. here's your mind of what has happened. the rebellion began early on saturday evening in rostov-on-don, when wagner group forces occupy the headquarter for russia's military operations in ukraine. they then seize control of military facilities in voronezh,

about 500 miles -- of moscow. -- in four motorway towards moscow. russian forces then erected defensive positions and blockaded main roads and -- along the -- the order was given for the mercenaries to stand down. our moscow correspondent, diana magnay, had this report. >> if any prigozhin cheered for -- 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. -- trucks -- call off his troops. >> translator: the time has come when blood might be shed. therefore, conscious that russian blood might be shared by one of the parties, we are turning a calms around and moving back to the field camps.

>> in return, prigozhin was sent into exile in belarus, the criminal charges against him dropped. other wagner rebels will be prosecuted either. despite president putin's tv address 12 hours earlier, turning punishments for criminals -- armed mutiny -- >> translator: we are fighting for the life and -- and our territorial integrity. it's an attempt at subversion from 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 had seen 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 chief of killing his men. and explosion shook a second city, voronezh. and a -- missile narrowly missed a

military helicopter there. an oil depot too was set ablaze, and a convoy of fighters heading for moscow. authorities scramble to build roadblocks to slow their advance. but as yevgeny prigozhin's -- it was an unexpected u-turn. >> -- >> a deal -- versus key allies -- alexander lukashenko of belize has led the man once called putin's pitiful to step back. he's now leading leaving -- massive -- uncertain. vladimir putin may have faced down the greatest threat in his 23 year grip on power, but the new images of troops preparing -- in moscow and the threat of armed insurrection could do lasting damage to the kremlin and the authority of the president. diana magnay, sky news, -- >> sky's defense and security

editor deborah haines says it is still to -- achieve. >> and we knew what was going to happen in terms of vladimir putin and in terms of prigozhin and his men had said they'd advance to uncertainty and we're planning to march on moscow. a day later after this extraordinary unfolding of events there is missile fired, fires blazing and troops, forces, mercenary forces moving towards moscow. and -- suddenly the -- off and then turned back, and it is very, very confusing as -- what exactly has been achieved, what exactly is he attempting in the first place. clearly, president putin has been rattled from that statement he gave earlier. but what has prigozhin secured in order to secure his advance -- what leverage -- against him? his main beef is that the heads of the military and the heads

of the ministry of defense -- what lies in store for them? what is their faith? all we know, for now, is that prigozhin is not going to face criminal charges anymore. he's going to be -- exiled in belarus, presumably so, able to -- an excessive opinion. but what that means for his fighting on the ground and the war in ukraine and also the future of sustainability of the putin regime. >> our defense and security editor deborah haynes there. let's take a look at some of the latest reactions to events in russia. this was the statement from the white house yesterday. president biden spoke today with president emmanuel macron of france, chancellor olaf scholz of germany and prime minister rishi sunak of the united kingdom. the leaders discussed the situation in russia. they also from their unwavering support for ukraine. it was almost identical to what came out of downing street. the prime minister, u.s. president biden, french

president macron and german chancellor scholz spoke this afternoon to discuss the situation in russia and reiterate their continuing support for ukrainian sovereignty, adding this follows the -- between g7 foreign ministers which the foreign secretary participated in earlier today, the leaders of a group -- stay in close contact in the coming days. well, as you would expect, the russian rebellion dominated sunday's front pages. putin humiliated by mutiny is the nda headline on the sunday times, which reports on how you have guinea prigozhin has now been exiled in belarus with charges dropped. the sunday telegraph reports that a key part of the deal struck -- kremlin has dropped plans to ban the wagner group. the mail on sunday speculated about the nature of the deal. did putin -- to quit russia?

the sunday express described russia as being pushed towards the brink of civil war. a similar headline in the sunday mirror, which has the march on moscow was haunted halted at the 11th hour. dogs of war is the splash in the sunday people, picturing both putin and prigozhin. and the -- plays on the russian presidents name, putin -- still -- relief we all need this morning, isn't it? a reminder, we will be taking a closer look at these paper headed in -- sunday times editor peter conrady, and chatham house russia expert, that cement the -- influence of the -- head stretched well beyond russia and europe and -- founded the private militia -- the group emerged in 2014, when soldiers in unmarked uniforms

helped pro -- eastern ukraine. we're able to -- the -- branch out as governments including -- president assad, hired as acuity and combat services. -- it's particularly active in africa where it's been accused of committing atrocities while propping up dictatorships, and happening -- too -- the u.s. estimates that wagner employs about 50,000 soldiers, most of them believed to be assigned to the war in ukraine. our moscow correspondent, diana magnay has more now on the background to the group and its controversial leader. roversial leader >> [bleep] >> you've got me prigozhin's the bruising boss of the -- wagner forces -- recently captured ukrainian city of bakhmut. he says what he thinks about the war way the war is going

and he has -- russian armed forces in a way that nobody else stepped away with. >> army of -- >> [speaking non-english] >> it's a kind of address we've got used to seeing from yevgeny prigozhin -- his words a lot of expletives in they're criticizing the top military brass of the russian army, discrediting the russian armed forces, which most people go to jail for. but it yevgeny prigozhin does not. and basically every time he wants more -- and then he gets some. >> [speaking non-english] [bleep] [speaking non-english] [bleep] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] [bleep] [speaking non-english] >> this time last year, most people in russia would not have known anything about yevgeny prigozhin. but since he won in bakhmut, he

has become more popular. this caused quite a stir in -- >> [speaking non-english] [bleep] >> that would suggest, and people thought he was talking about vladimir putin he -- backtrack and said, actually, i meant -- the chief of the general staff, the guy who runs things in ukraine. whom he hates almost as much as he hates the defense minister. but this was a moment where you did wonder whether putin might not step in and try and deal with him. but putin has. not because -- yevgeny prigozhin he understands his -- never criticize vladimir putin directly. he has never -- that hand that feeds him. for all his bruising manner, though, he has proven himself to be quite a leader of men and -- talking to the -- wives, mothers who have lost their children, their sons, their husbands, in which forces and ukraine. he has done a lot more than

vladimir putin has. but the -- tragic scene here -- laying a wreath at the -- -- man who has been -- this -- about to present with a -- makes up for the loss of a loved one. but at least he's doing. and i think that has won him a degree of support and sympathy, and people do agree with the -- he says what needs to be said and what nobody and -- and -- knocking in, we have not seen vladimir putin in -- he's only a -- button moscow let's just take a moment to talk about what wagner has done to the russian armed forces. for once, it fought around the city of bakhmut, a horrific battle in which tens of thousands of people died. so many of the prisoners who were recruited by yevgeny prigozhin have been killed --

and in the rubble of bakhmut, just take a look at those pictures. it -- it is a city that was utterly decimated. and we are so many people, on both sides, were killed. and the question is, what was it overly for? bakhmut is not a strategically, particularly important city. but it is -- it has come as such a -- ability for the -- above that flag above the rival >> and we will have all the latest on the situation in russia throughout the program. it's time now for a look at how your weekend weather shaping up. >> the rest of the weekend will be hot and humid with an increasing risk of thunderstorms. but it's all changed on monday, which will be much fresher,

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news breakfasts, with continuing coverage of the rebellion in russia. >> -- >> russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin calls off his

rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agreed to leave russia after talks had -- leader of batteries, the kremlin says he and other members members won't be prosecuted. just hours earlier vitamin putin has called a rebellion treason. in moscow residents have been told to avoid traveling as -- mass outdoor events -- canceled until next month. so as of last night the russia rebellion appears to be over. in a deal negotiated with belarus the kremlin says mercenaries leader yevgeny prigozhin it is being allowed to leave the country and his forces won't be prosecuted. it tapped almost 24 hours extraordinary development during, which prigozhin and his men sent unarmed column to within 124 miles within moscow. this reminder of what's happened. the rebellion began early on saturday morning in

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

might be shared by one of the parties, we are turning our columns around and moving back to the field camps. >> in return, prigozhin was sent into exile in belarus, the criminal charges against him dropped. other wagner rebels will be prosecuted either. despite president putin's tv address 12 hours earlier, threatening punishments for criminals -- armed mutiny -- >> translator: we are fighting for the life and -- security of our citizens and our territorial integrity. it's an attempt at subversion from inside. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a step in the back of our troops and the people of russia. wagner forces had seized the city of rostov-on-don, a crucial -- for russia's offensive in ukraine. then had kept in confrontation. prigozhin declared himself on the hunt for justice,, accusing russia's military chief of killing his man.

>> 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.

>> sky security and defense editor deborah haynes says it's still hard to -- really hope to achieve. >> no one knew what was -- vladimir putin's regime even as prigozhin and his man said they had advanced into their city and were planning to march on moscow. a day later, after the -- exploited the unfolding of events with missiles fired, fires blazing and troops, forces, mercenaries, moving towards moscow, it's all suddenly being -- and turned back and it's a very, very confusing. and -- what exactly was he attempt in the first place and clearly president putin has been rattled from that statement earlier. but what has prigozhin secured in order to --

his advance and what leverage is being used against him? his main beef is with the head of the military and the heads of the ministry of defense, what lies in store for them and what is their faith? all we know for now is that prigozhin is not going to face criminal charges anymore and he's going to be off, excellent batteries, presumably -- able to talk and expresses opinion. but what does it mean for his -- on the ground and the war in ukraine and also the feature of sustainability of the regime -- >> our security and defense editor deborah haynes there. let's have a look at some of the latest reaction to events in -- this was a statement from the white house yesterday. president biden spoke today with president emmanuel macron of france, chancellor olaf scholz of germany and prime minister rishi sunak of the united kingdom. the leaders discussed the situation in russia. they also affirmed their unwavering support of ukraine. it was almost identical to what

we heard from downing street. the prime minister, u.s. president biden -- french president macron and german chancellor scholz focused on -- to discuss the situation in russia and -- their continuing support for ukrainian sovereignty, adding, this follows the call g7 foreign ministers which the foreign ministry participated and and in close contact in the coming days and the influence of the wagner group has stretch well beyond -- it ghani prigozhin founded the privately run militia. the group emerged in 2014 when -- pro russian forces landed in -- and then in eastern ukraine. and over the years faulkner has branched out as governments -- including series president assad hired the security in combat services. it's particularly active in

africa -- where's been accused of committing and -- black creative lucrative natural resources -- u.s. estimates that and system believed to be a sign of -- a moscow correspondent diana magnay has more now on the background of the group of and its controversial leader. >> if ghani prigozhin is the bruising -- paso the military group wagner, whose forces -- recently capture the ukrainian city of bakhmut. he says what he thinks about the way's war is going and he is slated the russian armed forces and a way that nobody else gets away with. >> [speaking non-english] >> this is the kind of address that we got used to seeing from yevgeny prigozhin, direct

camera, not mincing his words, a lot of expletives and they, are criticizing the top military brass that the russian army, describing the russian armed forces, which most people go to jail for. but yevgeny prigozhin does not. and basically, every time he words for ammunition, he gets on camera, he screams and then he gets some. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> [bleep] [speaking non-english] [bleep] [speaking non-english] >> this time last year most people in russia would not have known anything about yevgeny prigozhin. but since he won in bakhmut, he's become more popular. he's caused quite a stir with his -- >> -- [speaking non-english] >> that would suggest, some people thought he was talking about vladimir putin, even with

that and said, actually, i meant valerie -- the chief of the general staff, the -- opening in ukraine, who he hates almost as much as -- but this was a moment and -- it's try and deal with him. but putin hasn't. prigozhin understands his role in the prudent -- apart from that one slip he has ever criticize vladimir putin and -- had never been the hand that feeds him. for all of his bruising manner, though, he has proved himself to be quite a leader of men and -- who have lost their -- in his forces in ukraine and he has -- these are quite tragic scenes. here he is -- laying a wreath at the -- yet another -- field. and -- another -- car, as though that makes up for the loss of a --

police he's doing it. and i think that has won him a degree of support and sympathy. and people do agree with the stuff that he saying. he says what needs to be said on one odell saying. and -- with his men, -- in. we haven't seen vladimir putin -- he's only in his business -- but in moscow, let's just take a moment to think about what wagner has done for the russian armed forces. for months it fought around the city of bakhmut, a horrific battle in which tens of thousands of people died. so many of the prisoners were -- the killed and -- rubble of -- and -- of those pictures. it's -- city -- utterly decimated. and we are so many people on the -- side were killed and -- question is what will they all really -- bakhmut is not a strategically

particularly important -- but it is has come at quite such a -- way in that flag above the rubble. >> let's have a look at the weather now. weather now. >> warm memories, whoever you go. the weather, sponsored by qatar airways. >> the rest of the weekend will be hot and humid, with an increasing risk of thunderstorms. but this all changes on monday, which will feel much pressure for -- a trough start for much of britain. but overnight rain will spread -- northern ireland. outbreaks of rain, heavy and thundery at times will push eastwards across much of britain today, followed by showers and ahead of the rain or -- southeast england -- very hot and humid. temperatures here are going to peak around 32 degrees celsius.

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weekend, northern and western areas will be rather breezy by the chance of the of spot of rain at times. so much dry weather around, many places will be high or very high pollen levels. exception is northern parts of scotland, where there is the chance of seeing some more rain. the highest pollen levels will be in northern england, parts of the midlands. some grasses and wheat pollen are currently reaching a peak. >> tv sunday papers this morning, we're joined by the sunday times peter khan ready, he's also the author of who last russia from the collapse of the ussr to putin's war on ukraine. and samantha dependent, associate fellow at the royal institute of international affairs and russia specialist.

very warm welcome to you both. thank you for joining us. this morning. what a 24 hours! i mean, not a surprise that all front pages are leading on this russian rebellion as it's being called. some of, that she first, if i may. let's look at the front page of the sunday times. putin humiliated by mutiny. certainly, the rebellion did and last night. what damage do think it has been done to him? >> i think this is an interesting headline because the whole question is who is most humiliated by this coup a tent. i actually agree it is putin who is humiliated the most. if you think about what happened, here you had an army of 20 to 25,000 men who walked -- walked, drove to the gates of moscow unless the 24 hours. if you remember putin's initial

war aid, taking three days and a year and a year and a half into the war, he's still hardly move forward at all. yet, if ghani prigozhin crosses practically all the way to moscow in 24 hours. this is humiliating for putin because his army did not stop him. one image that really struck me yesterday was the image of yevgeny prigozhin in the town of rostov, where his wagner group took the military headquarters early in the morning. he is sitting, having a cup of tea with two senior generals. one of them is a secretary defense minister and the other is lieutenant general, who is rumored to be -- poisoning. they're sitting there drinking tea. the generals are not armed, obviously, they're mended not stop buckner from taking the headquarters. he's telling them off like a

teacher telling up a bunch of notti schoolboys. this is what putin's army has been reduced to. to being scolded by someone who is a criminal, who is a season businessman and an arch communicator with an army, who has basically managed to get the whole world to draw tension to him. this is really humiliating for putin. second thing that assimilating is putin saying yesterday morning, all of this will be dealt with, this is treason. for years later, a deal is announced and all charges are dropped. so, i can't imagine how he will come out of this without having his authority since the damage. >> interesting. as he said, rostov-on-don was taken without being fired or shot. interesting indeed. peter, front page of the

telegraph. the headline, wrought -- mutiny turned back after striking deal with putin. we now know that that was brokered by the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko. what do you think was said in that phone call? >> i think we'll never know, unfortunately. what an extraordinary deal. indeed, what an extraordinary outcome. i was working on the story all day history for the sunday times. when the news flashed up that this is how it was all andy, it just seemed absolutely extraordinary. the deal is that prigozhin goes to baylor's, supposedly. all sorts of questions answered, what would he actually do their? this lukashenko really want to have this warlord living on his territory? does he probably want to go there? i get the impression that there's an awful lot more that is going to come out in the next few days and this is

something that is a temporary stop to it. in a sense, both prigozhin and putin were boxed into a corner. prigozhin had barely two and a half thousand men. he could've taken moscow. on the other hand, putin could be sure that all of the forces would remain boil and which is go quietly over to prigozhin. so, a solution had to be found. it was found in dramatic fashion thanks to lukashenko. a putin stooge. the real question, i think, is what will happen next? >> samantha, what next for yevgeny prigozhin? they tend to end up, that don't pay? has he signed his own death sentence here? the front page of the male, let's look at. that putin bribe coup leader to quite russia? i mean, what was the deal that they did? what next for him?

everyone to hear that he fell off the balcony in a few months time in belarus? >> to be honest, i'm completely baffled about what happened yesterday. i've been studying russians and russia over the past 30 years. this is an interesting question. did putin bribe cooper. or does the kool-aid or have something so damaging over putin that putin eventually decided not to take him out. not to have him killed. he could've had him killed yesterday, if you wanted to. dropped a bomb on the column. i can't believe it wouldn't be possible for putin to have gotten rid of him, if he really, really wanted to yesterday. that's the power structures are completely collapsing. their questions if russia community -- for months now over who is pulling the strings. is it putin or is it becoming prigozhin pulling the political

strings. for a long time, people have been believing. for me, there's only reinforce that yesterday. prigozhin has some really damaging information on putin and putin does not want to get out of it. not only professional has, that or you could get rid of precaution. there's someone else behind prigozhin that also has this information. also, prigozhin allegedly knows where a lot of putting money is hidden. something else going on behind the scenes here. i confess that after practically to sleepless nights, it's becoming very difficult to see through the fog. you know, the next days will show us what happens. is he really going to go to belarus? here, he said he's going to deliver. you saw him leave arrested last night in an armored car, shaking hands of the people a

bit like a politician or a movie star, leaving that town. where is he this morning? did he go to belarus? that is still the question. that remains to be seen. so, a deal took place. that deal took place. putin and prigozhin found it acceptable. who holds one over him? you can think of this in terms of a government uprising, or a coup. this is a fight between two mafia bosses. you have to think of this in terms of the godfather. >> okay. >> not a government. >> peter, of course, crucially, what does this mean for the war? what does this mean for the wagner group that played a really important role for the russian side so far, drafted and when the russian side is doing up -- what does this mean on the battlefield? >> yeah, looking at that, we

have to remember in a sense by all of this started. it appears to start because a couple of weeks ago, a directive was sent out essentially it's attempting to score the butler forces into the regular russian arms. they were told -- pressure was told that his men got to join regular russian forces by july the 1st. now, what is the result? that has been rescinded. on the other hand, they have been told that their forces are free. for having taking part in the uprising, they are free to join the russian army. what does that mean? is that compulsion by another word? that's one important element. it's more chaotic yesterday morning when it looked like precaution really was going to make it all the way to moscow. taking extraordinary good news for ukrainians, that chaos. in a sense in which order has been restored rather quickly, i

suppose it's bettes for the ukrainians. it must be good for them. the lights yesterday, the key figure in ukraine, we'll send a, we're running out of popcorn hair. it's such a great show. there is a sense that anything exposes russia for being a gangster state, it's very great. i think also for the ukrainian propaganda cause in the world. >> certainly, it's a gift for ukraine in many ways. just a final thought from you, if i may. russian civilians, we'll show another of the front pages, sudden mirror. devastating headline. putin pushed to break or as prigozhin launched uprising. at the beginning of a war, russian civilians were not impacted by the conflict in ukraine. they have come to their doorsteps. they've been told not to travel, mass outdoor gatherings have been banned for months. do you think this is gonna change public opinion in russia?

>> i did. now i don't anymore. one of the reasons is that one of the images that struck me yesterday was of these russian civilians and rostov drinking cappuccino and what their iphones filming armed man on the ground with kalashnikovs taking aim at random target. we don't know what they were aiming at. other images of one thing going up to these wagner mercenaries and asking to have selfies with them, shaking hands. we've had images of rostov -- >> record have to leave that, some of that, on that striking image. we will see you again next hour. we will have all of the latest on that situation in russia. the rebellion, it appears to be called off at the top of the hour. stay with us. with us

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russian mercenary leader, yevgeny prigozhin, calls off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. percussion agreed to leave russia after talks with a leader of belarus. the kremlin says he won't be prosecuted. wagner troops have also begun to leave the southern city of rostov-on-don, where it began. just hours earlier, vladimir putin had called for three billion as treason. and moscow, residents are being told to avoid traveling and all mass outdoor events are canceled until next month. >> can you, current battlements and to supplement this russian coup seems to descend into a loss. determined to keep on fighting the invader. >> the events in russia dominating sunday papers, or with the sunday times peter

karate and russian expert, some of the dependent. very good morning. welcome to sky news breakfast. the rebellion by russian mercenary leader, evgeny prigozhin, appears to be over. within 24 hours, his forces had taken the southern city of rostov-on-don, communications have for the war in ukraine and sent an armored column to within 124 miles of moscow. russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people and said they were traitors. but in a deal negotiated with pillars, the kremlin now says that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country, and his forces will not be prosecuted. just a reminder of what happened. the rebellion began early on saturday morning. and rostov-on-don, one wagner group forces occupy the

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

russian blood might be shed by one of the parties, we are turning around and moving back to the field camps. >> in return, prigozhin was sent into exile in belarus, the criminal charges against him dropped. other wagner rebels will not be prosecuted either. despite president putin's tv address 12 hours earlier, turning punishments for criminals launching armed manatee. >> translator: we are fighting for the life and -- and our territorial integrity. it's an attempt at subversion from 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 had 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 chief of killing his men.

and explosion shook a second city, voronezh. and a missile narrowly missed a military helicopter there. an oil depot too was set ablaze, and a convoy of wagner fighters heading for moscow. authorities scramble to build roadblocks to slow their advance. but as yevgeny prigozhin's mercenaries drew nearer, there was an unexpected u-turn. >> a deal brokered by russia's key ally, alexander lukashenko of belarus, has led the man once called putin spitball to step back. he's now leading leaving -- massive -- uncertain. vladimir putin may have faced down the greatest threat in his 23 year grip on power, but the new images of troops preparing defenses in moscow and the threat of armed insurrection could do lasting damage to the kremlin and the authority of the president. >> across live now to discuss diana making, in moscow for us

and waghorn that is in dnipro in ukraine. diana, to you first, good morning. there must of been unnerving 24 hours for russian civilians. what is the mood like in the country? >> well, i think completion and bewilderment and questioning over whether this is it or what happens next because i don't think people are expecting to see the last of yevgeny prigozhin. you drive through moscow this morning, admit it's very early sunday morning. it is just as moscow always is. i've been thinking but there are various reasons for how this all could have been resolved so quickly in the way that it was. one of them maybe that prigozhin recognize and just didn't have the support or military forces, factions within the military, security forces to continue doing what he was doing. it all seems to have been to

swiftly resolve to be true. also don't necessarily believe that lukashenko, president of electors, is an old pal of precautions up 20 years, as the kremlin spokesman seem to suggest he was. i should also bear in mind that vladimir putin essentially has softly annexed belarus now and indicated by the fact that nuclear weapons, checked like hold nuclear weapons, are being stationed there. lukashenko is essentially under his control since august 2020 disputed elections. recently, very sick. we now have the powerful figure, especially powerful militarily, moving into pillars at a time when people have been wondering whether the kremlin is looking around for people to succeed lukashenko. i just wonder whether that has something to do with this. i don't think we're going to see the last of ghani prigozhin. he's in a crucial space for

russia. he can continue to do his mercenary activities in africa, wherever else the kremlin needs him to. he clearly is still useful to the kremlin, but the reason i'm hesitant about all of that is also because vladimir putin did come out and make that very strong speech about treason and punishments and how this was a step in the back of the russian people earlier yesterday morning. he does look extremely weak given the fact that is basically given prigozhin every pass, that all charges will be dropped, more partnerships can go back to their bases. if they want to sign contracts, can go under the fold of russian military, which was the whole issue to peace ago one prigozhin said he wasn't going to sign any of the contracts for his men. there is still a lot of questions to be asked about what on earth happened over the last 24 hours. but i don't think it is very

comfortable for ukraine that prigozhin is now a powerful man in belarus, if lukashenko allows him to be, or, let's put it this way, if putin allows him to be. >> an extraordinary 24 hours. a lot that is still not quite clear. diana, thanks very much. let's cross over to our international affairs editor, dominic waghorn, who is in ukrainian city of dnipro for us. good morning to, dominic. one of the big questions is, how is this going to impact the war? what is the reaction in ukraine? >> i think there's a sense of what down here. it looked like it was shaping up to be one of the most significant offense since maybe the fall of the berlin wall. it doesn't happen very often. armed mutiny could've been heading. but the cranes that have had russians rampaging into their country, violating it for a year and a half, breaking every war crime rule in the book, reaping, murdering, slaughtering, chanting civilian

targets, finally this is a bit of good news. it made people to sit back and watch their enemy start tearing themselves apart, start killing themselves. russians killing russians. maybe something ukrainians would have relished. instead, there's a sense of disappointment i think. and it has descended into a rather unexplained fuss. i think ukrainians will be wondering what is the second act talk about there that might well be. having said that, the canyons -- they were suppressing anticipation and excitement and we're fairly cautious and a reaction to what was going on in russia. they said we don't care what happens. doesn't have a care. i think they were treating the skeptically. i think that skepticism appears to be well founded. they know nothing and russia is quite what it seems. officially, we are from uk governments. we've heard them already saying that this is clearly a sign

that russia is descending into chaos. they will use this to build morale of their troops. i think it will make a contrast between behavior contact and vladimir putin yesterday, lead for moscow as the army was headed his way and in to his private jet for the baltics. -- credible reports. contrast that with what zelenskyy, did he stayed in kyiv as russians closed in on his capital. i think the ukrainians will make that most of that contrast. it was just carry on in a determined way, trying to beat back the invader and will try to look for any weaknesses that whenever those 24 hours we're, have done to the fighting spirit on the other side to try and explore that for the maximum game. >> okay, dominic, for now, thank you very much. well, with me this morning to give his assessment of what we are seeing is christopher steele, a former british intelligence officer with mi6.

great to have you with us. of course, you worked on the diplomatic cover in russia for a number of years before working on the russia just here in london for mi6. our last muscle, you i asked you how much did give ghani prigozhin pose a threat to vladimir putin. did you see this coming? >> yes. i think yesterday's events were dramatic but they weren't particularly surprising because the pressure and stress between prigozhin and the russian conventional military high command had been growing for months. some of these starts had already been made. i think what happened yesterday was always inevitable in some sense. >> just how damaging has this been for vladimir putin? the rebellion appears to have now been called off, for now. how much is this we can him? >> i think as -- it has weakened him. one of the significant things proportion did yesterday was he called out the big lie behind

this war. that russia had been threatened by ukraine, ukraine was being run by not seize and nato was about to support ukraine's military aggression against russia. i think that would have resonated through russian population. something that prigozhin, that was involved in the, war was actually questioning its very foundation. >> what does this mean now for the wagner group. >> that is very difficult to tell. obviously, it's impossible to know how -- organized wagner group is. promotional stay in charge of it. indeed, whether it will continue to fight on the frontline of ukraine. very significantly, of course, wagner has been about a quarter of russian frontline competence and has made -- although -- most of the gains that there have been in the air on the front. >> now, if yevgeny prigozhin was more directed at militarily

ship that vladimir putin, vladimir putin has ignored his overseas february. when you think the situation is now between these two figures? who has more power and who's more in touch with reality, if either? >> i'm not sure either or particularly in touch with reality. i think putin is more powerful. one of the problems with putin and russia at the moment is that putin is living in a bubble where he has become dependent on fewer and fewer advisers. they've been telling him what he wants to hear. i think that is the whole weakness of the campaign in ukraine. >> okay, chris, stay with us. we are going to come back to you for more analysis throughout the hour. let's just have a look at some of the latest reaction to events in russia. we have a statement from the white house which was issued yesterday and read, president biden spoke today with president emmanuel macron, chancellor olaf scholz of germany, prime minister rishi sunak of the united kingdom.

the leaders discussed the situation in russia. they also affirmed that unwavering support for ukraine. it's almost identical to what came out of downing street. the prime minister, u.s. president biden, french president macron and german chancellor scholz have spoken this afternoon to discuss the situation in russia. it radiates their continued support for ukrainian sovereignty adding, this follows the call between g7 foreign ministers, foreign secretary participated in earlier today, the leaders have agreed to stay in close contact in the coming days. let's bring in professor michael clark, the former general of the royal united services institute. great to have you with us, michael. chris is also listening in. what is your take on the international reaction? certainly, what would've been international concerns for the

white house and downing street, if if any proportion is someone to worry about as well? as well >> as christopher was sitting there with you if you look at any matters russian you have to be ready for bizarre events that will happen quickly. this was either going to be a quick coup or a quick fate coup, which nonetheless was all done and dusted at this stage anyway really quickly. it's bizarre and it is fast. the rest of the world has a good sense to understand that everyone was gonna say let's see, let's not get it ahead of ourselves and indeed what this has done is left the kremlin in a shaken position. putin weaker. even if this succeeded and somehow removing putin or reducing his power tremendously, the war would not necessarily be over idle. we will get to a more dangerous phase because the less stability there is in the

kremlin the more dangerous the war is likely to be over the medium turn i think the international world was reflecting that and said we are watching it carefully. this is a good in the short term, but in the medium to long term this crisis will get more dangerous before it is over. >> let's bring in christopher steele once again, chris in terms of vladimir putin's strengths now, this is the biggest challenge he has had in his 22 years of power he -- leaving the kremlin heading in the direction of st. petersburg, the kremlin denied he fled moscow do you have any idea what went on did putin make a run for it? >> i can't honestly say, even if he was making a run if he was in st. petersburg which is not out of the country of course, time will tell and certainly in this crisis situation he is instructed to

watch thing like traveling in private jets to see what is actually going on. >> michael what do you think this means now for the war, what does this mean in terms of the wagner group contribution in ukraine? what does this mean for the chain of command is this going to cause disarray among russian operations? >> well, it certainly won't help. soldiers on the front line even if they are not told very much they know when they are in chaos. the commanders of russian forces have always been fragmented, there are differences between the army, the navy -- the professional soldiers and the hapless conscripts and then as the donetsk, luhansk militia they are part of the republic and then you have the war lords, prigozhin, wagner group and the

chechens, could bureau who used to be very close to prigozhin and the wagner group he would say that -- could hear was trying to -- i will stop them and stay off to war lords who are there to fight each other all supposedly fighting on the same side, this won't affect immediate operations this week or next week but believe me, this sort of fragmentation gets worse and the scenes we are looking at now of prigozhin leaving apparently as a hero, a hero departure, maybe they were leaving -- this man looks as if he was pretty popular with these people on the street and that actually is not a good sign for the kremlin it's not a good look for moscow and even though they've broken a deal on this it won't help the morale issue of russian forces on the front.

we have to see at the moment the russians in ukraine there holding the shape quite well in terms of defensive shape it's a bit like watching a football match or rugby game everyone is running around, you can see the shape of the defense and you can see that the russians are holding their defensive shape quite reasonably at the moment. the morale issue the sense that they are not all working together the fight that they can trust each other, that sort of issue, that underlying insecurity comes through even to troops on the ground. >> it's interesting what michael is saying now and we're looking at the striking images, russian civilians giving high fives to wagner fighters, what do you make of how this will impact public opinion and russia, at the beginning of the war they didn't feel really anything and then there was mobilization and now you are seeing touch and fighters being brought into secure moscow. >> it's curious that russian

civilian society, russian media has been controlled and uni puller in terms of supporting putin in recent years. this is the first time that we have seen this confusion and i was told yesterday that russian newscasters were hesitant to what they were saying on television, didn't know what to say. the pergola xin matter and wagner being builds up into these heroes by the russian media in particular by commentators, and suddenly they're being branded traitors. this is a very detrimental, and it will have a negative impact. >> this is the most aggressive russian fighters, i would be nervous if they piled in my city. christopher michael thank you so much we will talk to you shortly on the program, thank you. let's have a look at the front pages the russian rebellion dominates the sunday front pages today. putin humiliated by mutiny reach the sunday times which

report on how prigozhin has been exiled to belarus with charges dropped. the sunday telegraph reports that a key part of the deal struck here appears to be that the kremlin has dropped plans to ban the wagner group. they speculate on the nature of the deal, did putin bribe with the crew leader to leave russia? the sunday express described russia as being pushed towards the brink of civil war, a similar headline in the sunday mirror that says that the march on moscow was halted at the 11th hour. -- picturing both putin and prigozhin. and the star plays on the russian presidents name, putin to boot in. reminder we will take a closer look at those headlines. the sunday times here report

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sky news breakfast our top stories. russian mercenary leader prigozhin cause of his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agrees to leverage after talks with the lead of belarus, the kremlin says he and other members of the group won't be prosecuted. there's hours earlier vladimir putin had called repel and treason, the presidents are being told to avoid traveling in all mass events are canceled until next week. the influence of the wagner group has stretch well beyond russia and europe, since yevgeny prigozhin founded the private militia. the group emerge in 2014 when soldiers in unmarked uniforms helped pro russian forces in

russia's annexation of crimea, in an ukraine. over the years wagner has branched out -- for security in combat settings. it's particularly active in africa, it's been accused of committing atrocities by propping up dictatorships and tapping into lucrative resources. the u.s. estimates fire employees around 50,000 soldiers, most of them believed to be assigned to ukraine. moscow correspondent diana has more now on the background of the wagner group, this controversial leader. >> yevgeny prigozhin is the philonise boss of the mercenary group wagner whose forces captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. he says what he thinks about the way the war is going and he has slated the russian armed forces in a way that no one else gets away with. [speaking non-english]

>> he says -- from yevgeny prigozhin direct to camera, not mincing his words a lot -- of the russian army. discrediting the russian armed forces which most people go to jail for, but yevgeny prigozhin does not, basically every time he wants more ammunition he gets on camera he screams and then he gets them. [speaking non-english] >> this time last year most people last -- since he won in bakhmut he has become more popular. this caused a stir.

[speaking non-english] >> that would suggest and people thought he was talking about putin, even backtracked and said actually i meant the chief of the general staff, the guy who runs things in ukraine. he hates him almost as much as he hates the defense minister. this is the moment that you wondered if putin would not step in and deal with him. but putin hasn't. he understands his role in the putin system, he has never criticize vladimir putin directly. never bitten the hand that has fed him. for all of his -- he's going around regions and talking to the wife and the mothers who have lost their children, their sons, husbands in his forces in ukraine. he has done a lot more than vladimir putin has, but these are tragic scenes. here he is laying a reef at yet

another man who has been lost on the battlefield. this woman is about to present him with a car, that was -- at least he's doing it, i think that has won him a degree of support and sympathy and people do agree with the stuff that he is saying. he says what needs to be said, and what nobody else is saying. here you can see him with his men, mucking in, we haven't seen vladimir putin was -- let's take a moment to think about what wagner has done for the russian armed forces. for months, it fought around the city of bakhmut, a horrific battle in which tens of thousands of people died, you know, so many of the prisoners who were recruited by yevgeny prigozhin have been killed. just take a look at those pictures.

it is the city that was utterly decimated. so many people on both sides were killed. and the question is, what was it all really for. bond is not a strategically important city but it has come to a big cause to wave that flag. you >> chris steele is with me and professor -- thank you both so much for sticking around with us this morning. do you first if i may, we know that president using thing of china has been a restraining force on vladimir putin in terms of doing anything drastic in ukraine would he have -- >> i think it's highly likely and he played a critical role

in this deal when it was ruled out yesterday and may in fact have been negotiating it with him before it was even brought to putin this is something we'll have to look at in the coming days but it seems to me that yes the chinese were instrumental in this deal coming about. >> when you see critical role do you know what that might have been? >> it would've been leverage basically, over the various partners we don't know what incentives were given to prigozhin to call off his march to moscow, but of course it's very complicated and as churchill says kremlin -- you can hear them snarling and barking at each other but you can't see what is going on. >> briefly what would've been offered to prigozhin, money or survival? >> i think both but i think it is very important for people to understand that prigozhin and feigner are also a business, a franchise as well as a military organization, in fact particular in africa as you've mentioned, they control all sorts of resources precious

stones, gold, et cetera which are key part of the russian economy. >> michael let's bring you in, for your advice. prigozhin's criticism yesterday and four months is directed at the military leadership rather than vladimir putin himself but he seems to have real beef with the defense minister and the chief of general staff, why is that? >> yes i mean this goes back a long way he blames them for, prigozhin blames them for mishandling the war, he played a video friday morning and said that the war was created not because there was a problem in donbas, he has confirmed all the western analysis, but he went off script and said the war started because he wanted to get his hand on the cash. there is no real evidence for that awful but he blames him

personally for this war and he blames gerasimov for mishandling the forces. he is not taking account that shoigu is very close to putin, they go hiking together. they are close friends, they -- 2021 day visited the shaman in siberia who strengthen their believes that this was a historic moment for russia to assert itself over four countries like ukraine, that may or may not turn out to be true but shoigu and putin are old hiking chums. and so prigozhin always had an issue with shoigu. question this morning is what has happened to shoigu? there's no evidence that they are around, no one has made a statement, we may hear from somebody before the end of the day or tomorrow, i guess. the other question is, where does this leave the higher commanding general? who is running the military forces?

and he might be in belarus now but he is -- >> we don't know who it is chris may have a better idea but he won't tell you until he gets more information. til he ge>> i'll try. >> try him, but he won't tell you unless he knows more. somebody else is behind this and we don't know who will emerge from it and we don't know who to somebody else could be, but it won't be shoigu or gerasimov, i'm pretty sure about that. >> it's interesting what would vladimir putin do now, fire shoigu and gerasimov? and could this be the beginning of the end for putin, chris? >> i do think this is the beginning of the end for putin's russia has become ungovernable under putin he is not being fed correct information that is the case in the war. he is being misled by his generals for years and it has gotten intensified at now, so

they have a real problem i wouldn't be surprised if shoigu went. i think my concern and that is that putin's loyal and has a very small clique around him that emerged from st. petersburg into the kgb. i'm sure he doesn't come from that group at all. the other thing about shoigu it may be difficult to say but he is not an ethnic russian and oh -- in russian politics that counts. >> thank you so much we will see you in the next hour, thank you. let's have a quick look at your weather now. >> war memories wherever you go. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. >> the rest of the weekend will be hot with an increasing risk of thunderstorms but it has all changed on monday, it will feel fresher. after a muggy night it will be

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the northern parts of scotland's where there is a chance of rain. the highest pollen levels will be in northern england in parts of the midlands where grasses and wheat pollen are currently reaching their peak. >> sky news pollen report is brought to you by -- >> let's have a look at sunday papers now we are joined by the europe editor of the new york times, peter, he's also the author of -- from the collapse of the ussr to putin's war on ukraine. and samantha, associate fellow at the royal institute of international affairs and russia expert great to see you both again thank you so much. peter, to you first if i may let's have a look at the time double spread, rebels to the city without single shot being fired of course that is the main operation hope for the war in ukraine for russia it wasn't

just that it was a peaceful -- they were welcomed by civilians giving them high fives. >> yes, it really was an extraordinary day. i say that as someone who was in moscow for the last two and 1991 which was itself an extraordinary three days this was over in a day. what happened essentially forces loyal to prigozhin the mercenary head of the wagner group [inaudible] as far as we could see they could go to the military headquarters. and then from there they advance up the main store highway towards -- as they went there was more trouble on the way there were some skirmishes with russian forces but again they are appeared to take control in key places and continued upwards the road to moscow and they

turned back suddenly about hundred 20 miles or so towards the capital. >> and samantha let's have a look at double page spread also when the times page six and seven which talks about prigozhin in detail of course he and vladimir putin met in st. petersburg in a talks about how he was a top dog seller and a warlord they talk about the extraordinary story, he's a kremlin creature isn't he? >> he is a creature of the criminal underworld which is where putin's as well, that's what we forget when we think about putin we think about the russian government it's the extent to which crime and government are so closely linked in russia today so prigozhin is a hotdog solar he

came out -- began selling hot dogs and all the things? -- you can only do that if you are both criminal and political patronage this has been oh war between two massive -- >> and further to that, peter the spread in the sun talks about putin being bit by his own mad dog as the headline puts it it's interesting this intervention from alexander, and we've heard this morning that probably president xi was involved in the calm down. >> yes we still really don't know what all of this is about we've had a day -- extraordinary events which concludes something which no one was expecting. he had brokered the deal,

somehow, do we believe everything? with russia, you never know. everything is going to become clear in the next few days, i think. particularly whether prigozhin goes to belarus, because we are not sure if he is there yet or if he will go. and why does he want his warlord living on his territory, it's all very strange indeed. >> it is, isn't it? certainly the headline in the mail giving us a reason for this calm down, with her gosh and didn't want to spill russian blood, samantha, it would've been something to see russian on russian fighting in russia. >> we've seen this before we saw this a few weeks ago when you had russians fighting across the ukrainians in ukraine, come in to the region on the border with ukraine and

try to take over a few villages. there was no blood spilled but there was -- russian on russian blood would have been, it could have become very bloody but it is extraordinary to have prigozhin wondering about spilling russian low blood when he has spent so many months in bakhmut. he's talking about the russian audience here people who know what the bloodshed is in ukraine and he's the only one who has been talking about the true toll of this war. -- >> fascinating double spread -- you know i'm taken by all the headlines here i hope he wins is how one civilian gave their reaction yesterday when wagner

took control and then another headline putin is now into the -- and lastly a bit more detail about how russian state television covered the event yesterday apparently thorough belly and was brief and then they switch to documentary on caviar. >> yes i mean this is probably the most interesting, because what if you are the russian media how on earth do you cover something of this enormity? they could've just ignored it but they can't do that because of social media and so as far as one can see what they were cautious in what they reported, they reported something was going on they were careful, -- they underlined please be calm,

-- people were treated to a documentary on caviar. -- you know the other story i think is interesting is its focus on what went on there and a number of local people welcomed the arrival of the wagner group, once again prigozhin has a degree of popularity. -- walking around rather bemused, taking everything in his strides as they do over the years. >> very briefly, samantha has this damage putin, prigozhin has a huge social media profile. >> yes, i think it has damage to putin because putin has to climb down from his initial

statement and how could it not be damage, a 25,000 men army is able to get to the gates of moscow but prigozhin has come out damage. i think what i've been seeing on social media channels factor men's furious, disillusioned saying we thought this man had our backs and he dropped everything and ran away. both men -- >> we will have to leave it there, thank you so much. thank you very much indeed. all the latest from russia at the top of the hour. p of the hour.

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