that and for highway connects rostov on don to moscow.rities that that highway had been closed because they had their own military convoy processing down it. we also have these reports of this large fire, an explosion at this depot in voronezh, which is being attended to by over 100 firefighters and 30 vehicles. this is from the reuters news agency, they are citing a witness. the bbc is unable to independently verify this, but reports that russian army helicopters have opened fire on wagner military convoys along the m4 highway. we do know for certain that the uk government's emergency cobra committee is meeting to discuss the situation in russia. we heard earlier from to discuss the situation in russia. we heard earlierfrom rishi sunak. he is expecting to speak to other international allies later today. that is the uk government's emergency meeting, cobra, to discuss the situation in russia. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow — he detailed the timeline of events over the last 2a hours. 16 months ago today, vladimir putin ad

even in rostov region, we've seen videos showing street cleaners sweeping up the streets in rostov.ly calm in russia. ., ~' , ., things appear to be mostly calm in russia. ., ,, i. g , things appear to be mostly calm in russia. ., ~' g , . russia. thank you. just a reminder, ou could russia. thank you. just a reminder, you could see _ russia. thank you. just a reminder, you could see on _ russia. thank you. just a reminder, you could see on the _ russia. thank you. just a reminder, you could see on the screen - russia. thank you. just a reminder, you could see on the screen behind| you could see on the screen behind there that we have the live page running on the bbc website and the 3pp running on the bbc website and the app on your smartphone or tablet. you can see it on the screen at the moment. it is bringing together all of our insight and analysis from the bbc and from our teams at bbc monitoring and bbc verify to. you can follow developments classify ourselves on the live page on our website. former mi6 officer and russia expert christopher steele joins us now from farnham, su

we will block the city of rostov and go towards moscow. today, signs of how seriously this was being taken, with new anti—terrorist measures being introduced in the capital. this morning, a visibly angry vladimir putin was forced to appear on tv to speak to the russian people. translation: any internal mutiny is a serious threat i to our state, our nation. it is a blow to russia, a blow to our people. and our actions to defend the state against this threat will be harsh. so who is evgeny prigozhin? after time injail, he went into the catering business, catching the eye of russia's leader that led to him becoming known as putin's chef. lucrative military contracts followed. linked to interference in america's 2016 election. he became best known as head of the wagner group, a private military force acting for the russian state. it fought in africa and syria. it grew increasingly prominent and important following last year's invasion of ukraine. prigozhin recruited prisoners to fight in the war, but he became increasingly angry with moscow's

rostov—on—don.ometres from the ukrainian border and it is the first place that the wagner mercenaries went to and took control of, they say. it is a key city in turns of the russian military because their southern headquarters is mist there and of course, they have been highly involved in the military operations involved in the military operations in ukraine itself. the wagnerforces got to rostov—on—don. now, we believe, according to bbc news russian sources, that they have moved on to the city that that we have been talking about. how did they do it? we believe we use this road that you can see highlighted on the map to get there. we are getting reports that certain buildings have been taken over and there is a big fire at an oil depot there. why is the city key for the wagner mercenaries? that means out a little bit more and you will hopefully get an idea. you can see moscow marked on the map and it is halfway between rostov—on—don and moscow. the uk ministry of defence believes that the wagner fo

, rostov we are going home.e allowed through only through samara to azov or through zernograd, drivers slow down on stops and fairs are getting ready for a long road with water because we have to detour the m4 once due to the blockage we will go through just a little longer road, well, we stopped to eat, uh, buy for the road, in the meantime, the tour operators began to cancel the bus tours to the south of russia for the next dates, tourists who are late on the coast, hotels promise not to cancel the reservation ; hello, it’s not possible to drive in, it’s not possible to leave it, the only one a car that is occasionally driven here is a special purpose car. and even on the bridge, by and large, they are not allowed to walk , they warn of dangers from speaking loudly at the entrance, the police are on duty , the same checkpoints are set up, who moved before the blocking along the highway. now they are waiting in the parking lots in particular. this applies to truck drivers. there are dozens waiting here. i came

call of the governor of the rostov region.olubev to refrain from trips to the center of rostov and, if possible, without the need, not to leave their homes at all, there are enough food supplies. this is a weekly supply that is replenished daily at during the day there was a rush demand for fuel , i draw your attention to the fact that there is enough fuel in the region all day. we received footage from different parts of the city somewhere lowered. streets, parks, shops were smaller than usual, people, cars, all public events scheduled for today were canceled very fragmentarily and very segmentally , let's say the city lives like this, but in general. we can say that the situation is calm, we can come up here to talk people are filming on a mobile phone. hello, tell me, please, here you are filming. yes you were there what is happening there? in general , it’s terribly calm, too, for those who live on the don, and for a long time there is no need to explain. what causes riots or not? who are you? yes, there is none. heard wha

, and in the same rostov , they are looting, just take care of yourself in the hands of rostov, thereis not only deep concern, but also panic after rostov residents in the city saw wagner pvc. they began to buy food and water en masse. whose shelves are empty in stores? meanwhile, the government of rostov is trying to assure people that there are no prerequisites for a shortage in the city and there is no chain reaction. the founder of the belarusian assault group within the armed forces of ukraine, valery sakharchyk, appealed to the belarusian military in connection with the events in russia. now is a very favorable opportunity to raise an uprising in belarus and overthrow the self-proclaimed dictator lukashenko, the chance and state of the singing european country, or we will lose all the same name of the republic belarus will remain only in the books, i want to turn first of all to the belarusian military, who can count on me, but you and i united we will do exactly the same thing as one of the best nations in the world, the russian volunteer corps will join the riots in russia, sa

the fighters of the pmc wagner left rostov-on-don, the governor of the rostov region vasily golubev saider successful negotiations, the convoy went back to their field camps in the city, traffic was completely restored , the infrastructure is working as usual, all the latest information from our colleague sergey pikulin. he works in rostov, now he has a direct connection with the studio, seryozha once again. good morning. it really is today morning. it's nice to talk about it. tell us. what is the situation in the city now, what is happening around? yes, good morning, we are located on budyonnovsky prospekt, this is the very center of rostov-on-don. here is the building of the headquarters of the southern military district itself. everything is calm, there are no reinforced outfits, and the only strengthening that we noticed here this morning is the strengthening of their communal services. really. a lot is being cleaned here. wash clean work several shifts at once. at 6:00 am usually we clean 6 am until 2 pm. this is the first shift, the second shift is from 2 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and th

why rostov—on—don?kground to the events that have been going on today then this is the best place to find it. it is at the website or news app. thank you and you come back when you have more for us. thank you and you come back when you have more for us. christopher steele is a former mi6 officer who worked as head of the russia desk. he gave me his assessment of the situation and the damage it could do to vladimir putin. clearly this is the biggest threat to putin's system and government since he came to power in 2000. and i think only vladimir putin has got himself to blame for this. he's created a system in particular in setting up prigozhin as a sort of frankenstein's monster, which has got out of control. and one of his techniques for keeping in power has been to divide the people below him, keep them in tension and in conflict with each other, and to sit on top of it. and, of course, this is now exploded really in his face. and i think that russia has become a pretty ungovernable, dysfunctional pla

in block the city of rostov and go towards moscow.— block the city of rostov and go towards moscow. ~, towards moscow. in moscow, signs of how seriously — towards moscow. in moscow, signs of how seriously this _ towards moscow. in moscow, signs of how seriously this was _ towards moscow. in moscow, signs of how seriously this was being - towards moscow. in moscow, signs of how seriously this was being taken, i how seriously this was being taken, with new anti—terrorist measures being introduced in the capital. this morning, a visibly angry vladimir putin was forced to appear on tv to speak to the russian people. translation: any internal mutiny is a serious threat i to our state, our nation, it is a blow to russia, a blow to our people and our actions to defend the state against this threat will be harsh. who is yevgeny prigozhin? after time injail, he went into who is yevgeny prigozhin? after time in jail, he went into the catering business, capturing the eye of russia's leader. that led to him becoming known as putin's chef, lucrative military contracts followed. linked to interfere

a-a cities of rostov-on-don. here , car traffic was open even at night, as for public transport, it, in principle, went the only thing that it changed the routes of buses that ran through the center the day before. this morning, everything is in normal mode according to the schedule and according to the usual routes for all rostovites, as for the railway station, rostov chief and he all this time he worked in a regular mode, and the trains of the electric train came on time. we ourselves got here on the eve of the swallows arrived. er, without any delay. today in the morning we went to the station specially looked at the scoreboard, too, no delays, everything was on schedule. flawlessly many, of course , worried about growth, worried, came for a walk in the evening. well, i didn’t find any tanks, everything is fine. well, in general, i can say that now rostov lives its standard summer south, and on sunday morning no one is in a hurry. all cafes are open, people are working walking in the parks, the only thing tha

the rostov our rostov region is one of the leaders in terms of housing water and will give good additionalgrowth, thanks to these routes, we are also opening today. the western bypass of krasnodar, you understand, it was your direct order 3 years ago in the twentieth year, you instructed us to link the m4 don road with the possibility of a seamless exit to the crimean bridge. we have repeatedly reported to you about this and now it is 6 months ahead of schedule. we are completing this long detour and in fact. we will have two in the fourth year, we will finish the approaches to the crimean bridge and we will have vladimirovich the new motorway ring around azov is 1,400 km long. of these, 800 km. these are already four-lane express roads, and the roads are on the territory of new territories. within two or three years, we will bring it to a normal and full-fledged state. this ring will work, bypass opening. it will also give impetus to the development of housing construction in the krasnodar territory, while in recent years the region has confidently occupied a leading position in terms of

. , , ., ., in rostov.rnight - in rostov. yes, i can give you a simple example. overnight we | simple example. overnight we survived a a missile attack. i woke up survived a a missile attack. i woke up to blasts and explosions, and three people were killed. for ukrainians the war continues. just as we saw last night, the russian strategic evasion again and again launches missiles against ukraine in many locations in the country. the situation in the south as you mentioned, the fortifications of russian troops that continue to fight against ukrainian forces, that is clear and there is the understanding in kyiv, in ukraine, that the situation in the front line is still very complicated. but i would say is that there is a kind of hope, that ukrainian forces and politicians that is the conflict in russia develops and broadens... i’m russia develops and broadens... i'm afraid we are running out of time. to stay with us on bbc news as we follow events in russia. we did not see a first day over 25 celsius until th

akhmat is already the head of rostov.blic ramzan kadyrov stressed that the rebellion must be suppressed, and if tough measures are necessary for this, then we are ready in parallel. the russian armed forces continue to carry out combat missions in the antonchenko zone. entry to the rostov region is still limited from the krasnodar and stavropol territories, as well as from the volgograd and voronezh regions. this informs the authorities, departure and movement inside remain free previously the governor. vasily golubev said that in the region, the municipal services of the ambulance and medical care systems are operating as usual . veronika bobovsky evening will tell you about the current situation in the region in rostov-on-don. this is sadovaya street, in fact, the main street of rostov-on-don. here, on one patch , there are several key objects of conservatories at once. rachmaninov city hall, the entrance to the main city garden, as if nothing had happened along the route buses and trolleybuses, and on the other side of

this is sadovaya street, in fact, the main street of rostov-on-don.e patch there are several key objects at once of the rachmaninoff conservatory, the city hall, the entrance to the main city garden, as if nothing had happened, buses and trolleybuses go along the route, and on the other side of the cordon there is heavy military equipment, if at night the military personnel of the southern military district stood in the cordon, members of the wagner group also in the morning judging by not everyone heard the governor of the rostov region about what is happening here. vasily golubev to refrain from traveling to the center of rostov and without the need to leave their homes at all, food supplies are sufficient. this is a week supply replenished daily, however, during the day there was a rush demand for fuel and lubricants, i draw your attention to the fact that there is enough fuel in the region all day we received shots from different parts of the city somewhere lowered the streets, parks, shops were less than usual people cars all mass events schedule

wagner in rostov-on-don, occupied the location of the headquarters of the ministry of defense there and announced a campaign against moscow in these conditions, vladimir putin addressed the citizens of russia, where he called the criminal adventure of treason that had occurred a betrayal and ordered russia to be completely cut down. armed law enforcement forces and special combat positions repulse enemy attacks. do it heroically, knowing once again tonight i spoke with the commanders of all directions, i also appeal to those who, by deceit or threats , were dragged into a criminal adventure and pushed onto the path of a grave crime of armed rebellion. russia today is waging a hard struggle for its future, reflecting the aggression of neo-nazis and their masters. virtually the entire military economic information machine is directed against us, we are fighting for the life and safety of our people for our sovereignty and independence for the right to be and remain a state in russia with a thousand-year history, when the fate of our people is being decided, it requires the unity of all fo

and then, when the columns of the wagnerites were in rostov , as she wanted to sharply support rostov immediately rushed there so, or something, it turns out that on june 24 we all watched, we were all very worried and rostov was at the epicenter. ah at the epicenter mighty know disasters for many. i realized that, of course, in spite of, uh, abnormal sleeping head off, we will come and be here and sing clean liberal, one who opposes our policies but tries not to go overboard. the russian flag does not go back. so, what is smarter about mrs. venina. it’s just, uh, i decided to conduct an experiment not on myself at those around me, she looked at how they went there and decided she didn’t do it arbenina really didn’t leave russia and she has the feeling that she directly reminds of this. everyone why didn't you go? there, this is my country. diana we love you, and i'm not the first here, in addition, i opened it. thanks a lot, then he said a very cool thing. he said no and did not recreate the alien. and under the protection of strangers, crimea, i was then my own people, where my peop

this is the town between rostov—on—don and moscow. that helicopter flying there.n of troops have been fired upon. you can also follow the developments on our website. we didn't see a first day over 25 celsius until the end of may but he made up for it to thisjune. take a look at heathrow and aviemore. 1a days thisjune, the record is actually 17. aviemore already gone above the previous record of seven by two days and there is still a chance for both those figures to go higher this weekend as we join the humid airfrom the higher this weekend as we join the humid air from the south ahead of fresh conditions by these weather fronts which will bring a change by change by sunday. by the west of today, still a bit of cloud for some of you. low cloud around western coasts. a few showers, sharp ones. isolated once most will be dry with some sunny spell so looking good and pretty hot and humid. 25 to 29 degrees set against an average of what should be 17—21. there is daytime averages, well, they will be close to tonight across the country. temperatures not dropping much lo

rostov did not rush to play and saved his face.ving football from cska . ahead of vladimir fedotov’s team is the russian cup final against krasnodar for cska players to win the russian cup with trophies at this stage , the task is more important than the final place in the national championship, a victorious match against rostov and the final silver of the rpl as a good start and preparation for the match for the trophy for us now the season has not finished. we have a cup superfinal, probably for me personally for the team. this is the key history will be in this season. yes, we walked very hard. we played 13 matches in the cup. this is the first time in history that the cup is played like this, and we did it, so it will be a shame if going through this path does not win him good emotions. good impressions are good, as they say, but before the cup, cska head coach vladimir fedotov took the silver championship of russia for the second consecutive season guaranteeing quality and stability last year. second place in sochi this year s

, 580 occupiers did not go to liberate rostov-on-don and died in ukraine, also the armor of the forcesdid not give weights to the trees to win trophies, 30 russian art systems , a yard for all tanks, six combat of armored vehicles 23 tank cars and three units of special equipment will not fly bambin donbass 14 cruise missiles - 134 drones and one helicopter and will not protect either rostov or moscow four means of air defense the general staff reports all data indicative art therapy financial literacy training and creating dolls - motanok is part of the activities organized for resettled women in zhovkiv territorial community in lviv oblast, where about 800 internally displaced persons remain as they adapt we will see the resettled to life in a new community later in the plot, a year ago oksana kokhan moved from under the shackles of bahmut to the zhovkivska territorial community, there is no house destroyed, there is no village, maybe 5 husbands are left there because they have only one mother lying down and so they did not leave oksana is still adapting to the new community, she is

one escort of the police military convoy left rostov as well.e on the streets, not hiding their joy and saying they believed everything would end quickly and common sense would prevail for us, a very good leader. and our president will not be broken. and we won it unambiguously, because that we are with our guys. we supported we will support the world. it's always the best rank selection all day long. all relatives. all buddies. all the phone was hot. just, of course, yesterday's speech of the president is unpleasant. many rostovites listened right on the street on smartphones , russia today is waging a hard struggle for its future, reflecting the aggression of neo-nazis and their masters. virtually the entire military economic information machine is directed against us, we are fighting for the life and safety of our people for our sovereignty and independence for the right to be and remain russia a state with a thousand-year history. this is a battle when the fate of our people is decided, it requires the unity of all forces, the unity of conso

on— wagner mercenary group swept in to rostov on don and took the military sites, _ rostov on don andary sites, and moved towards moscow, that is_ sites, and moved towards moscow, that is quite astonishing. mr patten had come _ that is quite astonishing. mr patten had come on national television yesterday— had come on national television yesterday with strong words, talking about _ yesterday with strong words, talking about treachery and betrayal. and russia _ about treachery and betrayal. and russia being stabbed in the back. —— vladimir— russia being stabbed in the back. —— vladimir putin. and yet by the end of the _ vladimir putin. and yet by the end of the day— vladimir putin. and yet by the end of the day all charges were dropped against _ of the day all charges were dropped against yevgeny prigozhin and you are free _ against yevgeny prigozhin and you are free to— against yevgeny prigozhin and you are free to go to belarus! so that is regarding vladimir putin. also, many— is regarding vladimir putin. also, many people have been wondering whether— many people have been wondering

rostov—on—don is the headquarters of russia's southern military command. as you can see, it is very close to ukraine's borders. 0ne very close to ukraine's borders. one of the key elements of russia's war on ukraine is the wagner group. this private military company. it is headed by this man, prigozhin, there is a video of him which we can show you where he has recently made a bit of a rant. he is somebody who has appeared quite a lot on wagner's telegram channel. this is a very recent one of him. he, in the past, has been very open in criticising russia's ministry of defence. in particular, the defence minister and the chief of staff. accusing them of starving his forces, of much needed ammunition. he has taken it far further now, because he has matched his troops across into russia and taken control of rostov—on—don. city of about people has basically been lost control of by the government. this is huge. i don't think anybody in the kremlin ever expected that. what you are seeing here is prigozhin are sitting in the middle between two russian generals, t

the wagner pmc left rostov-on-don and are returning to their bases. resolved after difficult negotiations. prior to this, vladimir putin addressed the russians and this speech took action fighters who did not allow themselves to be drawn into an adventure will sign a contract with the ministry of defense about what is happening in rostov after yesterday's events yulia pogorelova will tell today nothing reminds of this all restrictions have been lifted everywhere, including the taba of the southern military district, public transport. walks along the routes freely drive cars. people go about their business to the market for a walk with the dog to meet the new year's day birthday for flowers evidence that i went here the day before only the damaged gates of the rostov circus in this opening propped up the wall of the district headquarters there was a tank, in the evening, it was loaded onto the platform. all the equipment of the pmc wagner lined up in a column, the fighters sat in cars and went to their field camps all dead. commander in escorted by pol

we are in control of the military facilities in rostov, including the airfield.ur, the wagnerites will appear on the approaches to voronezh, where they will shoot down another attacker and the helicopter about everyone will already announce the advance of the column to moscow at the time when prigozhin will announce the march on moscow will finally speak and putin will mention the revolution of the 17th year and accuse the communist party of treason without naming names any internal turmoil death threat to of our statehood for us as a nation, this is an attack on russia , the armed forces have received the necessary order, an additional peace of an anti-terrorist nature is being introduced now in moscow, a number of other regions will also take decisive actions to stabilize the situation in rostov-on-don , everyone reacts and writes a new appeal about the betrayal of the motherland the president made a deep mistake, we are patriots, we fought and are fighting, but despite putin's threat to take control of the soldiers of prigozhin in rostov, it is not possible, t

rostov one of them, as we've mentioned.roups are heading north to get to moscow. they say there has been very limp limited evidence of fighting between business groups and the russian military. they say that overall, the coming hours, what will be key is the loyalty of russian security forces, especially the russian national guard. that is the latest from the uk ministry of defence. thank you. let's speak to sergey markov who is a former political advisor to vladimir putin. thank you so much forjoining us. i'm interested for your reaction to what is happening inside your country at the moment. at what is happening inside your country at the moment. of course, it's very negative — country at the moment. of course, it's very negative reaction. - country at the moment. of course, it's very negative reaction. in - it's very negative reaction. in fact, one of the most efficient parts of the russian army which is this private military group. i would say that most of the officers in the russian army support progozhin and the wagne

prigozhin says his forces have taken the city of rostov — and have seized military facilities in voroneszhch is on the eway to moscow — as well. there's increased security in moscow — with what's being called anti—terror measures. the m4 motorway — which links the russian capital with cities in south — such as rostov — is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin�*s arrest — with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. here's mr putin's television address to the russian nation. translation: russia is engaged in a fight for its future. the entire military information might have the worst has been sent against us. we are fighting for our independence. we are fighting for our right to remain russia. a country with 1000 years of history. today, the fate of our people is being decided. we need the consolidation of all forces. everything has to be discarded that weakens us. anything that can be used and is being used to su

that's in rostov. and he's shown in videos sitting alongside who we believe to be the deputy defense minister of russia and a senior military intelligence general, who both looked very uncomfortable there. he accuses them of carrying out attacks against civilians, of sending russian troops into the war in ukraine without adequate leadership or military equipment. they're kind of quiet and clearly very uncomfortable there. they ask about taking his fighters away from there, and he says, under no condition. he says he's going to stay and blockade rostov and move on moscow unless the chief of the general staff and the defense minister, sergei shoigu, come and meet him. in a separate video, he goes on to claim that the chief of general staff gir asmov has fled the building he is currently in as the wagner troops were approaching it. so we can't independently confirm any of these claims. we do, though, very much know that there are forces on the ground deployed around rostov. he also went on to claim that h

you will see, rostov—on—don and moscow. _ key? you will see, rostov—on—don and moscow. it _ key?lfway between them. so the _ moscow, it is halfway between them. so the british military think that the overall lane, as we've been discussing, is for the wagner military— discussing, is for the wagner military to get to moscow which they could do— military to get to moscow which they could do on— military to get to moscow which they could do on the m4 which carries on to up— could do on the m4 which carries on to up to _ could do on the m4 which carries on to up to moscow. also, we at bbc verified — to up to moscow. also, we at bbc verified have managed to verify that there _ verified have managed to verify that there is— verified have managed to verify that there is a _ verified have managed to verify that there is a convoy of wagner military vehicles _ there is a convoy of wagner military vehicles in — there is a convoy of wagner military vehicles in this area. and in particular. _ vehicles in this area. and in particular, there is the lipetsk area — particular, there is the lipetsk

uh, the entrances and exits to rostov-on-don are actually closed, communication with nearby settlementssai is interrupted, and there the village of olginskaya and others cancelled. all their mass events, i guess. i had a lot. yesterday children were awarded, many in many schools were awarded matriculation certificates, well, actually, uh hmm, for now, that's all i can report. the only thing was literally. uh, hmm, just recently there was a message that the military equipment that is now, and near the headquarters of the southern military district, which are now muffled, uh, the motors of this equipment , such silence has come. well, for now, that's all i can say. thank you for direct communication because of rostov-on-don was veronica bogman this night, an air raid alert sounded on the territory of ukraine, reports of explosions were received, in particular , vinnitsa, zhytomyr regions were serially studied , and an alarm was announced in kirovograd , cherkassy, ​​dnepropetrovsk , nikolaev, odessa, poltava, sumy and kharkiv regions, according to ukrainian sources, there are explosions a

the chechens are on the outskirts of rostov-on-don. we are going to start seeing some bloodshed. >> yeah, that's what is expected, widely expected right now, beth, how much, of all of this drama that is playing out, how much of it will ordinary russians be seeing and observing? because a lot of it is in fact playing out in plain view. >> yes, it is interesting to me that the russians have not shut prigozhin off of the telegram channels, we continue to see him putting out messages. they haven't shut down the internet. they are perfectly capable of doing that. and at some point, they may do that. and again, each step that putin takes, he has to measure against if i do that, does that lead to panic? if i do this, does it actually lead to almost, you know, a path to civil war? and so the calibrations are quite complex. and putin has never had to make these sorts of decisions. it's quite a conundrum. >> and putin no doubt, no doubt remembers what exactly happened in august of 1991, when there was a failed kgb coup, a failed kgb coup, agains

so they have taken control of rostov-on-don. that has significance, given that it is a power center, a logistics center, for russian forces operating in ukraine, but as they send their forces north, what western intelligence has been watching very closely is how regular army units, russian regular army units respond to the advance of the wagner group, this paramilitary group, and so far, western intelligence has noted that along the way, at least some of those russian regular army units have been passive in response, not necessarily joining prigozhin, but not stopping him. letting him and his forces continue on their way. we should note as well that it appears that prigozhin's forces, as they move north, have deliberately avoided some of the city centers, as they go north. it's western intelligence's view that is intention toll avoid coming into contact or conflict with russian military garrisons along the way and in other words find an easier path north to the russian capital, where our understanding is that there are defensive

decisive actions will also be taken to stabilize the situation in rostov-on-don, it remains difficult, in fact , the work of civil and military authorities is blocked . and the supreme commander is doing everything to defend the country, protect the constitutional order of life and security, freedom. the one who organized and prepared the military rebellion. who raised their weapons to combat comrades betrayed russia and will be held accountable for those who are being dragged into this crime , i urge you not to make a fatal and tragic unique mistake. the only right choice to stop participating in criminal activities is that we save and defend what is dear and holy to us. and together with our motherland, we will overcome any trials. the head of the administration of rostov-on-don, alexei lukyanenko, addressed the residents with a warning about the possible passage of military equipment through the streets and urged rostovites not to leave their homes. he reported also, that in the hospital and polyclinic the ambulance is operating in the normal mode, failures in the work of the ambul

a town called rostov, rostov-on-don, it's one of the main staging areas for russia's invasion into ukraine. rostov it is under the claimed control of yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the brutal wagner mercenary force. a force which, up until the last couple of, days was fighting on behalf of, russia notably in and around bakhmut. yesterday, prigozhin's force crossed from ukraine into russia, claiming control of rostov-on-don, you can see it near mariupol at the south at the bottom of your screen. they're claiming control of the southern military headquarters of the russian armed forces. which is located within the city of rostov-on-don. this is important because see where the war is being fought? luhansk? mario? people the southern headquarters of the russian military is in this place. , rostov-on-don, prigozhin says he plans to lead his troops, quote, to moscow. speaking earlier this, morning putin confirmed prigozhin's claims. military and civilian functions within the city of rostov-on-don have been blocked. vowing to take, quote, decisive action to put down what he in the kremlin or ca

we know that this is a convoy of wagner vehicles leaving rostov—on—don, moving around rostov—on—don,s where it is. we can say where we are going. are they rejoining the fight in ukraine where they go somewhere else? their armoured vehicles and of course, the main battle tanks we have seen on the streets of russia. over the is really interesting. it is this one. this one is from rostov—on—don, and this is the return of the russian police. when you watch through this footage what you can hear is people shouting. there is one voice in the video who shouts they are traitors. so if there is local anger the police that tells us something very interesting although it is worth pointing out that we don't know who these people are. as ever with footage coming out of russia we have to take it with a serious pinch of salt. their involvement notjust in russia but particularly in africa. they have their tentacles are many places around the world but particularly in places like maori and the central african republic, wagner have been there for many years working for local governments often propping

he also claims to have taken over the airbase in rostov. he said the planes are still flying but he wants them to attack ukrainians, not his forces. you see in the video we are showing that is a long conversation apparently with some officers there where he accuses them of carrying out attacks against russian civilians, one of the officers responds and says that is the first time i am hearing of this. in another video he goes on to say that we are going to bring you real information that the casualty figures in ukraine are 3 to 4 times higher than what is officially being announced and that there has been an enormous loss of territory. he also claims that the chief of general staff fled the location he is at when his forces approached there. at one point he goes on to stay that he cannot identify them and he goes on to say that we are going day here and blockade rostov until the chief of general staff and the defense minister come here. that's the way it's going to be. they said something about getting these guys and taking them away from h

so he controls rostov-on-don.e's moving up the m-4 with his wagner group, battle tested group, fast fought in syria, fought in africa, bought in bakhmut, good commanders, seasoned commanders know how to do it and moving fast, moving on heavy equipment transporters, his heavy equipment. why is that important? remember when the russians came into kyiv. they didn't use heavy equipment transporters. they were on the ground. he's keeping them on transport to get them where he wants to go frpt inside the tanks are the crews. usually you bring the crews alongside with other vehicles, but they have them to roll off and on immediately. the key, they come up the m-4 highway out here. the key right here is across the oka river. the last major obstacle that before he gets to moscow. if for some reason prigozhin and wagner forces align with the military and cross the river, the last obstacle, moscow is wide open, the doors are wide open. who knows what the russian military is going to do with putin right now. and i think that'

if you look very often with rostov, we are 4:0 there 5:0, in my opinion, now 4:1, that is , well, wen the last round . even if we won four or three there. i think that everyone was happy and satisfied with the special fight in the cska match rostov, contrary to expectations, did not work out with a score of four zero cska led already by the 33rd minute they scored for every taste after rostov's mistake in defense. penalties after a combination and flank innings fedor chalov scored a double of 19 goals scored. this is a personal record for a cska top scorer. championships as part of the army club you never know in advance how the match will develop? but the fact is that we already felt the mood for yesterday at the maximum game training, but in a different way these matches are not won. well, it was good, as they say, uh, good energy that we felt and the guys from the first seconds put a very good serious pace, and everything went well that they quickly scored a goal. here, in principle, played well in the first half. that's quite a lot who were scored and it was super done, spartak l

it turned out to be the rostov region. rostov directly to the voronezh region oriented colleagues, do not resort to restrictions on the sale of experience. we have already developed in this direction; there was no need for this. since our networks are still at the beginning of the pandemic, they constantly keep multi-day social significant goods with regions. delivery of products from large distribution centers and would like to note the effective work on the ground in the conditions overlap, roads managed to quickly rebuild alternative logistics, but these new routes were. uh, in fact, for a safety net , use them. e. we don't have to do all the work now. ah, in my block it was transferred to normal mode. i would like to thank colleagues from a well-ordered communication system, coordination has shown its readiness to confront such places. thank you for your attention. thanks to denis ivanovich, i also want you to inform your colleagues on the situation, including with e, and therefore in general in the direction, please,

now the situation in the rostov region , the administration of rostov-on-don, reported that there isortage of food, water, fuel and essentials in the city, the railway station is operating in the normal train mode. on all directions it follows the schedule, russian railways reported that now takes place in the city of our correspondent's report. god veronica. we are located at the intersection of budyonnovsky prospect and krasnoarmeyskaya street. there, my traffic is definitely tense, well, then there are patrols that do not let vehicles in, but people pass unhindered towards pushkinskaya street down to the embankment. don , it must be said that the headquarters of the southern military district is located along this path. judging by what is happening here, not everyone heard the call of the governor of the rostov region. vasily golubev to refrain from traveling to the center rostov and, if possible, without the need not to leave their homes. we get footage from different parts of the city somewhere lowered the streets parks, shops and less people and cars than usual all mass events

and extraordinary scenes in rostov that continues on the highway up to moscow.ussian military, there has been a report in state media of mi-8 attack helicopter taken down in that particular area. further up the road towards moscow, indeed, the government has told people to stay at home for now, sort of essentially stay off the streets. so that key highway south to the capital certainly bracing, it is unclear at this point the volume of wagner traffic moving up there, and quite where it is going, but pictures indeed have emerged on the outskirts of moscow, troops setting up positions on the sandbags. so startling scenes. you couldn't even possibly begin to imagine were imaginable last year, before this began. and in fact, a key adviser, a key partner of the putin cabinet, head of the foreign intelligence service, has just put out a statement condemning what he refers to as the armed attempted rebellion. it cannot be justified by any prior achievements. essentially pointing towards how the wagner group has been behind a lot of the most intense fighting around the

presumably they're heading back towards rostov-on-don.n open question whether not they will leave rostov, but wouldn't have to assume, based on the statements, how this is represented by lukashenko and prigozhin, this involves some kind of stand down in rostov as well. we're gonna see how this plays out. >> joining us now is robert look that he, executive producer with the news and special teams at the wall street journal. that is the unit responsible for the documentary released two years ago inside the wagner group. russia's secret work company. let me ask you, but we're about to talk shortly, we get this breaking news that there is a deal, what do you make of this potential deal? >> i think it is -- it -- we worked on this documentary for the last six months and a whole time we are kind of thinking, what is prigozhin's angle here? is he going to threaten vladimir putin ultimately? or is he some sort of mouthpiece for vladimir putin? i have to say, it is surprising, but i guess that is par for the course from what we've seen over the la

most active demand for cash just for a person was noted in the southern regions in the voronezh, rostov and lipetsk regions, as well as in large cities there demand. uh, increased by about 70-80%. but thanks to a fairly clear. e work of the bank of russia reinforcement e cash currency, despite the fact that the volume of such reinforcements increased by about three times, but it was possible to completely avoid any violations of the regular situation, and all atms worked in the normal mode. uh, and already on sunday the demand. uh, went to the shoes and now the situation has completely stabilized. ah, what about trading? uh, there was also some uh, growth uh, demand, mostly. this concerned the southern regions in the rostov region , according to e individual networks, the demand for traffic properties increased by 10-15% in lipetsk by 30%, e in voronezh by 50%, and well, no interruptions either. uh, with uh, there was no trade . uh, prices are now being measured, uh, there will be information by the evening, but judging by the first data, too, so far nothing is stable, the stocks are, u

they are returning to rostov? ., , ., rostov? either the or somewhere in ukraine, rostov?in ukraine, that is my _ rostov? either the or somewhere in ukraine, that is my assumption, i ukraine, that is my assumption, based on the fact that in one of his messages yesterday, he said his forces had crossed the border with russia, presumably suggesting they had crossed the border from russia, presumably suggesting they had crossed the borderfrom ukraine. it is reasonable to assume this is where they are going back now. yet again, we are best advised to take anything yevgeny prigozhin says with anything yevgeny prigozhin says with a certain degree of scepticism. michael, to pick on the points there, you want to take all of this with a pinch of salt, the fact he is saying to avoid bloodshed we are are returning our convoys. this is a creature of the kremlin and they been accused of all sorts of brutality. the question is, what kind of deal was brokered for him to say we are pulling back even though we were 200 kilometres away from moscow. that sense messages they were able to get

terry facilities in rostov including the airfield are under our control. planes that leave for comeback work leave as usual. no problems. medical flights still leaving as usual. all we did was to take control so that the attack aviation would not strike us but strike in ukrainian direction. >> and this is more startling when you take into account that the russian government has filed a criminal case against prigozhin accusing him of armed rebellion and of mutiny and in fact we have a senior russian military intelligence officer who went on camera accusing him of a coup d'etat. take a look at this. >> translator: only the president has a right to -- and if you are trying to encroach on his authority this is a coup d'etat. there is no need to do this now because there is no greater damage to the image of russia into its armed forces. >> but the fact of the matter is that this mercenary boss prigozhin appears to have taken over part of a major southern city and appears to be in these videos sitting alongside senior military commanders, including, the man sitt

yes, this is the picture we have seen along the way from rostov.cks being set up on this key motorway, the m4. reports of smaller roads being physically dug up to possibly stop the advance of viagra fighters, but i have to say these reports are difficult —— wagner fighters. unfortunately say these reports are difficult —— wagnerfighters. unfortunately due wagner fighters. unfortunately due to wagnerfighters. unfortunately due to restrictions of media freedoms, it is very difficult to rely on independent reporting from russia, which is almost nonexistent. and we are going to say goodbye in a moment to our world audience, but we will continue our coverage. russian state television channels have largely kept to normal programming throughout the weekend, and their schedules have maintained, but there are some special bulletins. you are watching bbc news, goodbye to our world news audiences. 0k, watching bbc news, goodbye to our world news audiences. ok, let's hear from the newsroom. in fat i would like to add to all this coverage but in the beginning o

rostov-on-don and voronezh.urrection, vowing to punish anyone involved in treason or armed rebellion. wagner's leader, prigozhin, rejecting calls to surrender, threatening putin's hold on power. u.s. officials are closely watching the situation. for the latest, i want to bring in white house reporter priscilla alvarez. have there been an official response from the biden administration thus far? >> reporter: well, the national security council spokesman said thaty are monitoring the situation. it says, we are monitoring the situation and will be consulting with allies and partners on these developments. as you mentioned, the white house is actively watching what is unfolding in russia. we know as of last night, president biden had been briefed on the situation, but the administration is being careful and cautious as to when to weigh in here, as this is a rapidly evolving situation. now, we also know that as of earlier this year, american officials had determined there had been a power struggle between the mercena

well, let's consider such a------- moment when he went to a--a in rostov rostov oblast. according to this plan, the requests for the entry of the wagnerites into the rostov region of tavrostov should have been directly handled by the soviet omon police and other special units, but they were not prevented from doing so at all, because they directly received 100%, and the order was not to interfere wagner, who could have given this order, and here we begin to look. and who controls all the internal uh, these elements, such as the police , the cathedral, the fiscals, and again, uh, the border service, and so on , etc. facebook so now we are talking about uh, respectively, the group the influence of the fsb, also taking into account the fact that some units of the russian army are currently starting to support prigozhin. and then we can also talk about an influence group in the ministry of defense, respectively, which also supports prigozhin, so in general, pool is already becoming a prigozhin himself directly as one person would not be able to act in such conditions. please tell me. it