[speaking foreign language] >> the fact is the wagner group is coming to an end.t will be a part of history, that is ok. >> exactly why he is announcing the end to the wagner group, remains unclear. for now he might not be prepared to challenge his a president, but that could change if his patron shows signs of losing his grip on power. brent: earlier i spoke with rafael loss, a foreign security expert, i asked him how likely is it that the wagner group will withdraw? >> to some extent this announcement is a business calculation. for some now they have been relying on convict recruits, he has been happy to sacrifice them. it seems they are running out of convict and professional mercenaries are at risk of being slaughtered in baku. he would rather deploy them to places and are more lucrative. there is also the political calculation that he is making, the competition between the armed forces and the wagner group that he is blaming the russian military leadership for the losses his group has suffered. he has carved out blame for putin. brent: what would it mean if t

we have verified footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner. litary group's founder at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again. using visible terrain and structures we managed to match the video with the winery's entrance. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it's a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia's brutal bombardments in other countries. from chechnya. to moscow's intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble. to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs but in reality, there is little left to control. so, is this a winning strategy? let's hear from mariia mezentseva, member of the ukrainian parliament for kharkiv. we are witnessing, currently, another failure of the russian strategies, which are not operating even for the internal audience, because i think in a way that prigozhin has spoken, he is trying to save also his own team but at the same time, progress given to the russian army which will not be realistic on

his wagner, a group of munitions. so um it is a very big escalation, so he's claiming he's not receiving. he's receiving only 30 or even 10 percent of what he needs. we cannot verify it. but the fact that the bargaining group is not able to take bus modes the device and continues, and the buckling co pays suffering type of losses, is an indication there is a very huge problem for us and forces that. and what about the wagner groups claim that they are going to leave bach mood? i mean, is that really what we expect is going to happen? or is this just a threat from promotion as well? it could happen, but it could be a great embarrassment folder for the russian authorities for letting me put in the president himself. because each comes just a few days before the 9th of may, which is the day when russia and the soviet union was held by the victory over nazi germany and the 2nd bold war. so um, at the time is very, very embarrassing for pushing and for rushing on me, i have to go to include boot, pull out his forces from b

throughout the war in ukraine — we've heard a lot about russia's wagner group — led by this man — yevgeny looks at how he rose from hot dog salesman — to become the boss of the mercenary group. this is the story of a man who spent the 80s in prison. the 90s running restaurants, the early 2000s catering for world leaders. and who is now central to putin's war in ukraine. he is yevgeny prigozhin, a wealthy russian businessman who is been accused of the fbi have interfering with the 2016 us election and a man with a private army called the wagner group which operates in ukraine because months after the war started, putin turned to prigozhin. the army wasn't doing th job. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step in. the wagner group has been fighting in the fiercest battles, including the one in bakhmut and is lost many men. and has lost many men. this is prigozhin laying flowers despite his grave earlier this year and around 10,000 wagner group fighters have died in ukraine since december and the majority of those men were russian convicts. here is prigozhin at a prison last september te

the wagner group have been instrumental in russia's success in taking the city. it isn't a more miscast. there are two kinds of ugly group. there is the professional contract mercenaries who pretend to be former russian soldiers, highly trained with a particularly brutal reputation. they have been active all over the world, particularly in africa. then there are the convicts, they went round russian prisons and said, if you sign up with us for six months and serve on the front lines with us, your sentence will be forgiven. you get become a three person. thousands of people joined up person. thousands of people joined up and thousands got killed. in the taken, it has taken nine months of slow grinding first world war levels welfare street by street house by house in a bit rate in the city, many of those convicts were sent in human waves, moon down by ukrainian machine guns. they have very little concern for the welfare of their own troops but against all of this backdrop, the head of the wagner group has been extremely outspoken in criticising his own ministry of d

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the wagner group is suggesting it will keep up as assaults also coming up on the show. a deadly shooting at an outlet mall into the west state of texas. 9 people are killed including the gunman. several others have been hospitalized in critical condition. plus, got phase. after the pump and pageantry of the coordination of people in the u. k. feel about king charles the 3rd and queen camilla making it official. the hello. i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for joining us. rushes, wagner, mercenary groups as moscow has promised to deliver the weapons, it's demanded to fight ukrainian forces in the eastern city of box notes. and this also comes as the head of the u. when's nuclear watchdog has warned of a potentially dangerous situation around the russian hilde's operation? nuclear station officials installed by moscow has the gun evacuating people nearby of the ukrainian troops, bitterly holding on despite the onslaught. the soldiers on the outskirts of the eastern city of buck mode say, russian forces have been thrown everything. got them in recent days. but they'

russian forces, ukrainian forces, and wagner group.is a different narrative that is now playing out and saying look, we have done our job, it is over to you? >> yes and no. he has clearly handed the responsibility, at least verbally, over to the russian military. at the same time, in his statement, the one i read, he basically was saying look, we are going to the rear, but we are ready to come help you. it is almost like he is implying that you guys can't handle it,wn military is just not going to receive that very well. and you hit the nail on the head. this is three different parties with their own agendas. the ukrainians have the symbol is one. they are defending in bakhmut. the russians and the wagner group seem to be operating from two different sheets of music. ben: we will talk again about this, i'm sure. really grateful for your insight. thank you for being with us. that is retired colonel brendan kearney, who spent 30 years in the u.s. marines. thank you for being with us. >> thanks, ben. ben: police in london have arrested a

russia's wagner mercenary group has posted a video on social media of its leader berating russia's defenceear, the wagner leader yevgeny pri—gozhin leader yevgeny prigozhin was extremely irate as he shouted at the camera lens. the exact location of the video is unclear, but he is seen walking among the bodies of dead wagner fighters in ukraine. amongst the profanities, prigozhin condemns russia for not sending the mercenary force enough ammunition. he has also threatened that his forces will quit the bitterly contested ukrainian city of bakhmut next week. elisabeth braw is a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute, a us—based think—tank — she gave me her reaction to the comments. extraordinary. and this is why most countries don't use mercenaries any more, because you can you can pay them, but you can't buy loyalty and you especially can't buy love. is clearly upset at the moment that he's not getting enough ammunition to to do the work that the wagner group has been sent to to do in diamonds. and so instead of reporting it up the chain of command as as as happens in normal co

itself, because the wagner group is such a really large group of companies, if you can put it that who were not recruited there by the prison and from other institutions, it's also political technologists, it's also a bunch of people who work to shoot these terrible the films that prigozhyn once shot there, the eyes of turia from senzopiok, and so on and so on , this is a support group for those representatives of the wagner group who work there in african countries, that is, it is about the channeling of discontent and the internal elite struggle, but so much more representative and actually prigozhyn’s own means for existence and for the existence of his culture, well , i would also like to add here somehow an explanation for what actually did not work out with bakhmut well, because there is an explanation, and they don’t give us shells it can be seen that this is an explanation for the shlon to the russian population, it did not hit the reputation of prigozhina as a result, but it could have hit, i could have said how else. somewhere on the same level. and now it is not on the s

this is the head of wagner group. he wanted to show that his forces could do what the russian military could not do and he has hailed this as a great victory for his forces. now he's trying to save them now. we're going to keep- strengthening ukraine's position on the battlefield. we're going to get ukraine's defenders what they need, i when they need it. we're going to remain united. we're going to stand by ukraine for as long as it takes. - hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia's wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we'll assess proposals for a new skills—based visa system. armed officer

straight after that military parade and there's been a lot of comments from the leader of the wagner groupently calling, saying he wasn't getting enough supplies in bakhmut and threatening to pull out. it's interesting to see this powerplay going on so publicly between president putin and the military and this independent wagner group. we military and this independent wagner i rou . _ ~ . ., military and this independent wagner irou,. military and this independent wagner irou.,~ ., military and this independent wagner irou..~ ., ., group. we can call it a scandal because we — group. we can call it a scandal because we knew _ group. we can call it a scandal because we knew about - group. we can call it a scandal because we knew about the i group. we can call it a scandal| because we knew about the not group. we can call it a scandal - because we knew about the not very good relationships between the russian military and the wagner group. these complicated relationships were under the carpet but now they came into the open space, into social media with very strong words. in fact, some commen

[000:00:00;00] the, you're watching the news coming to live, but from burly rushes, wagner mercenary, group vows to keep up it's assault on the printing and city of document. the unit commander earlier had threatened to withdraw his forces if any for goes and now says moscow has promised him enough ammunition to keep up a month. also coming up on the ship. another master should save this time at a mall in texas. 9 people are killed, including the gunmen, several others are frankly, l and it's party time in britain as the nations, the royal holiday prince william reached the proud while his father can charles take some break, folding the dates on. the hello and claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. the commander of russia's wagner, mercenary groups as moscow has promised to deliver the weapons, it needs to keep a seizure in the ukranian city apartment and an angry tar right. you have any promotion had earlier threatened to withdraw his forces from the area because of supply shortages. the ground when it sees capturing walk move as key to overrunning more ukrainian territory ab

itself, because the wagner group is such a really large group of companies, if you can put it thatters who were not recruited there by the prison and from other institutions, it's also political technologists, it's also a bunch of people who work to shoot these terrible films that prigozhin once shot there, turiisk from senzopiok , etc. representative and actually prigozhyn’s own means of existence and its contours for existence well, i would also add here somehow an explanation of what actually did not work out with bakhmut well, because there is an explanation and they don’t give us shells, it is obvious that this is an explanation for shklon as a result, it did not affect the russian population in terms of prigozhin’s reputation , but it could have affected , you could say. no, not on one, but there is still such a nuance, tell me, in principle , it is constantly mentioned that there are beautiful other pvcs that have spawned a redoubt there, which spawned two pvcs in the ministry of defense, then gazprom there. explain why they are actually producing them well, because why does

nicole: according to the head of the wagner group, 20,000 of his fighters have died in bakhmut. u say they do and have been doing up until now the heavy lifting. what role do you think the group will play in the next phase of the war? >> i'm not sure how accurate his numbers are, they are probably more accurate than the russian mod's. that being said, they might need to recruit more forces in order to accomplish the tasks they might be facing in the future, because those are some heavy losses for the wagner group. that being said, it would seem that the more important personnel in the wagner group is still intact, aligned with interviews with former wagner members, who say that those who have been recruited and have perished are indeed those being considered as cannon fodder, but do not play any important role within the organization itself, such as logistics, engineering and so on. nicole: i want to bring up something else. the head of belarus, lukashenko, says russia has started moving nuclear weapons to his country. how significant of a development is this? >> i think it is a

—— wagner group. the russian side? -- wagner grou -. . the russian side?rou. , ., ., �* group. there is and i don't think vladimir— group. there is and i don't think vladimir putin i group. there is and i don't i think vladimir putin intended the split by allowing the wagner group to get in and take on the heavy lifting in bakhmut, he has essentially created two armies and the wagner group does not like the fact that they in their minds are being marginalised by the russian military. they claim they are only getting 10— 15% of the ammunition that they feel they need. the russian military needs ammunition also. they are fighting the remainder of the war, throughout the length and breadth of the front. they are in ukraine. the animosity between the two organisations is palpable and there has been reporting here in the last couple of weeks where there has actually been firefights between members of the wagner group and russian military. so, this is a terrible situation. it is grateful ukraine, but it is terrible from the russian military point of view. 0k. th

we as a reminder of our top story, the head of russia's mercenary wagner group, says that his forces will withdraw from the eastern ukrainian city of buckboard. next week, he released an angry video to day, blaming the kremlin for the groups heavy losses. you're watching dw nears, have a good weekend, everybody, the guardians of truth, my name is junk and i have paid almost every price of being enjoying this in a country like to tease.

and i asked him earlier, how likely it is that the wagner group will actually withdraw from back much? i think it's likely that they will uh, withdrawal. oh that they will be replaced by ask much for the following reasons. to do so would be to acknowledge the fee to what has been a very major bottle. secondly off, not so not. that's the cut her off see the chechen, so just on top the numbers to replace wagner, which is already taken huge casualties itself, of course. and i would suspect as well that chechnya is not as talent of casualties as the rest of the present system. finally, the russian army would find it very difficult to hold back, but without wagner, so i would take the view that this is more frustrating and box stopping by precaution and the rest of the crew at the restaurant and russian military high command. mm hm. and i also want to ask you about that warren, from the u. n. and nuclear watchdog, we heard about safety concerns at this out for region nuclear plants. can you tell us how fragile the situation there is? yeah, i think it's, it's generally just genuinely danger

for the wagner group, that being said, it would seem that the more important personality was in the bottom, the group is still intact. and writers in line with some interviews with former wagner members who said that those who have been recruited and will have perished, or indeed those being consider this count folder, but do not play any important role within that organization itself, such as logistics, engineering and so on marina, i want to bring up something else because the head of bela bruce lucas. shank goes, says that russia has started actually moving nuclear weapons to his country. how significant of a development is this? i think it, it is a turn move. however, moving the tactical nuclear weapons to bellow, ruse is more of a russia's attempt to re establish the detour and power of nuclear weapons. because um, it's not as black as white as using on know if using them or threatening to use them and, and that was the stress to use has lost its power. and last year, when put in was activating is through teacher forces and putting them on high alert . therefore, moving the tactical n

if you're watching due to the news coming to live from berlin, russia, as wagner mercenary group vows to keep up it's assault on the ukrainian city of boston. the unit commander earlier had threatened to withdraw his forces by if any provision at now as moscow has promised him enough ammunition to keep up a month long siege also show another mash shooting and united states. this time at a mall and texas 9 people are killed including the gunman. several others are critically injured. and it's party time in britain as a nation, celebrates and extended royal holiday. prince william greets the crowd as long as father king charles takes a break following the nation ceremony. the hello, i am quite richardson. thank you so much for joining us. the commander of russia's wagner mercenary group, says moscow has promised to deliver the weapons. it needs to keep decisions, ukrainian city of pockets, and an angry tirade gift. any promotion had earlier threatened to withdraw his forces from the area because of supply shortages. the crumbling that sees counseling bottomed as key to over running more

ukrainian forces are still dug and buckboard despite months of russian attacks spearheaded by the wagner group of the ukrainian troops. but to the holding on. despite the onslaught. the soldiers on the outskirts of the eastern ukrainian city of buckboard say, russian forces had been throwing everything at them in recent days. did not give a gap. could i need isn't what the enemy has been trying to storm out from the positions for the past week lou, that way we successfully stopped the night to look this morning. around 5, i am up to 2 enemies squads charged in our direction. that pushes on going, but as you can see for to all of which stop dumping, i am a despite being under russian city each for some 10 months. ukraine still has a foothold in the front on the city, but it comes at a heavy human costs. something ukrainian presidents, a lot of them is zalinski acknowledged in keith as he mocked the cranes infantry day. he paid homage to the nation soldiers pricing their bravery and strength. your owl, who roy infantry is the basis of defense on the battlefield. and therefore, you of the source

much of the riches are now flowing to russian mercenaries from the wagner group. d by yevgeny prigozhin. in ukraine, wagner fights for the kremlin. it makes its money here. according to two western diplomats, wagner extracts a half a million dollars a career from this country in gold, rare timber, and blood diamonds. this woman who asked us to conceal her identity for her protection lived near the village of endasima where her husband was a gold miner. she told me how russian mercenaries drove the villagers away. >> translator: there were people within people. >> reporter: when her husband and seven others refused to leave, they were executed. what do you think the russians wanted, gold, do you think it's as simple as that? >> reporter: yes, they came for our wealth and for ourgold. >> translator: today, my children don't have a father. they don't have anything of their own. >> reporter: working with the research group the century, nbc news reviewed more than a dozen allegations of wagner violence including here. this was 2019 before the russian takeover. an image

what - happens to the wagner group now?about the russian minister of defence denying them the ammunition they need and they have also suffered many casualties. prigozhin keeps a close eye on the power struggle in the kremlin, that it is first priority, more than the war in ukraine per se. we have had negative assessments of the russian army's performance during the whole war, what is your specific assessment of their capabilities to hold bakhmut? it is hard to sav- _ capabilities to hold bakhmut? it is hard to say. the _ capabilities to hold bakhmut? it 3 hard to say. the russians have been digging in so never underestimate their capabilities and we also have to remember ukraine have also suffered heavy losses around bakhmut. it is not clear yet where the thrust of the offensive from ukraine will happen and it may not necessarily happen around bakhmut. it is not clear what will happen around bakhmut and a broaderfront actually matters more than this particular city which is now completely in ruins and has become a symbol fo

she says russia is actually moving wagner fighters from other directions. a spokesperson for the eastern groupukrainian forces claims wagner fighters are not dying because they lack ammunition. he said ukrainian positions have been hit in bakhmut 520 times just in the last day. he says the wagner group is suffering colossal losses because of the successes of ukrainian forces. and he is saying that this allegation this claim is a lie to try and justify the failures that they are having in bakhmut. that has been the site of the longest, bloodiest battle of this war. it has gone on for about eight months, with neither side making significant territorial gains. the thought among military experts is that part of ukraine's strategy is to keep russian forces and the wagner group engaged in this fight here so they deplete their number of forces and also their weapons so they have a better chance to launch a successful counteroffensive, one we expect to happen really any day now. on top of all of this, there was a tense evening in kyiv last night. i want you to listen to some of what we saw and heard f

the wagner group says it has captured bakhmut. denies that the city is in russian hand and also said that there is not much left. it's in our hearts, president zelenskyy says. what do we know? >> reporter: so the latest from the ukrainian side is that they say that in southwest corner of the city, in the urban area, if you like, there still are ukrainian troops fighting even though kremlin and the wagner mercenary group claim they captured the town itself. now, it is also flanked independently of what the ukrainians may claim to the north and south by the ukrainian troops. they have been advancing. there has been some bitter fighting there. but they have been able to push around the city. so this not over. it should be seen really a as part of the ebb and flow of combat in general strategically bakhmut doesn't matter. it has been a killing ground for ukrainians and for the russians for many months now. more russians have perished there than ukrainians. i don't think there is any doubt about that. it's been a bloody and brutal batt

bbc verify has seen footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner. litary group's founder at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again. using visible terrain and structures, we managed to match the video to the winery's entrance. this is exactly where he stood. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it's a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia's brutal bombardments in other countries. from grozny in chechnya in 2000 at the start of putin's rule, to moscow's intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble, to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs, but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to congressman seth moulton about where congress stands on us support for ukraine. we also discussed an op—ed he wrote about the need to regulate how artificial intelligence is used in war. congressman, it's great to have you back on our show. let's start with ukraine. the head of the wagner mercen

the head of the wagner mercenary group is lashing out and announcing forces will leach bakhmut on may0th. he posted an expletive filled individual why on line of fighters killed in ukraine blaming russian military leaders with not providing them with enough ammunition. nada bashir is joining me in london. what more can you tell us about this video and what a departure it really marked having such a prominent individual criticizing members of the russian government, obviously stopping short of criticizing people himself. >> and he has been very vocal in his criticism of the military elite in russia in the past and of course now we're learning that he does indeed plan to withdraw his troops on may 10th. that was the warning we had heard earlier in the week. and in that video he essentially displays the bodies of russian fighters, part of the wagner group he claims were killed on the field as a result of the ammunition shortages. he claims wagner group is missing some 70% of the ammunition they would need in order to continue fighting on the frontline and as a result they are now pulling

but if the wagner group was to pull mercenaries out, what would the impact be?this could be significant if it actually happens. what happens with the russians, what they are going to do is if the wagner group was withdrawn, they have to replace all russians in here with their own military forces, with their own army. do they have enough men to do that? probably not. it could also potentially weaken everything that you have here along the southern fronts. so every time that the russians go into these areas, they are going to have fewer troops to deal with. that could be a significant shortfall for the russian army and result in the ukrainians being able to move this way and perhaps take out more russian territory. >> if you look at the ukrainian government, they have seen this before. they say there's no famine. so they say he's making this up. it's some part of politics with putin. do we have evidence? have we seen proof that the russians are having a hard time supply ing the frontline forces whether regular forces or the wagner group? >> most of the time what w

the notorious wagner mercenary group has been leading the russian offensive. but the head of wagner, you have any pre goshen has repeatedly demanded more weapons and ammunition from the russian defense ministry. now it appears as demands will be met. he confirmed this in a video message on his telegram channel. we have been promised as much immunization or weapons as we need to continue operations. there has not been an unofficial response from moscow. a few days ago, pre goes in landscaping criticism at defense minister, so day shall i go and chief of general staff, but larry graphs him off side showing good, garage him off. whereas my damn munition de la maya on the 10th of may, we will withdraw from fox moved to the point, the baltimore in response to precautions. threats. the regional leader of judge. yeah. rahm's on deer off. and that's always that his troops could replace. wagner forces ukraine's presidential advisor called the exchange of diversion harry tactic to distract attention from russia's original goal of seizing box moved by may 9th, in time for

if the fighters helping the wagner group leave, we know they have made threats before. if he makes good on the threats, frustrated over the lack of firepower there how many fighters are we talking about here? >> well, david, as of march 30th, u.s. officials estimated there were close to 10,000 wagner mercenaries fighting in an around bakhmut. it's widely believed if all left, russia would still keep up the fight with soldiers there tonight. david? >> thanks, marcus. back here in the u.s., to new scrutiny on supreme court justice clarence thomas and his wife. "the washington post" reporting that ginny thomas received tens of thousands in fees through a judicial activist that asked that her name be left off the billing paperwork. here's terry moran. >> first several years, ginny thomas was paid tens of thousands for consulting work in a secretive arrangement brokered by a powerful conservative activist who specified that her name should be left off of billing records. according to "the washington post." the post reports that leonard leo, the influential founder of the fed

russia's wagner group says it has begun withdrawing from bakhmut and will transfer control of the devastated ukrainian city to the russian army. on wednesday, wagner's founder yevgeny prigozhin said 20,000 of the group's mercenaries were killed during russia's months-long assault on bakhmut. prigozhin also warned the invasion of ukraine could trigger a revolution in russia, blasting what he called the fat, carefree lives of russia's elite while poor and working-class russians die by the thousands. on wednesday, the commander of a self-described anti-putin russian militia spoke to reporters on the ukrainian side of the border, promising more attacks on russian territory after the kremlin said it had repelled a raid by the militia in the belgorod region. "the new york times" reports the pro-ukraine fighters used at least three u.s.-made armored vehicles known as mraps during their incursion. in moscow, kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskov cited the hardware as evidence of direct involvement in the conflict by the united states and its nato allies. earlier today, russia signed an agreement with b

the commander of russia's wagner, mercenary group, says moscow has promised to deliver the weapons. it needs to keep decisions ukrainian city of block mount and an angry tirade you'll get any progression had earlier threatened to withdraw his forces from the area because of supply shortages . and the kremlin sees capturing backwards as key to overrunning more ukrainian territory of the ukrainian troops. bitterly holding on despite the onslaught the soldiers on the outskirts of eastern city upon move. se russian forces have been thrown everything. got them in recent days, but they're not about to give up. good, i need isn't what the enemy has been trying to storm out from positions for the past week. so that way we successfully stop them on to this morning. around 5, i am up to 2 enemies squads charged in our direction, then pushes on going. but as you can see, what's wrong with stop them behind me. despite being under russian siege for some 10 months, ukraine still has a foothold in the front line city. but it comes out of heavy human cost. so is that something you'd cranium? press

welcome to the program. brushes must scenary, wagner group says that it has started withdrawing from ukrainian city of bus moot, and is handing over its positions to the russian military. nevada mercenaries claimed full control of the east and ukrainian city on saturday. and what has been the longest bottle of the war, but keith is denying that the city has full and development liter. yes. can you progression says his troop withdrawal will be completed by the 1st of june. but he's saying his forces will be prepared to return to beth. note, if the regular russian army is unable to manage the situation that your progression has threatened to pull his troops allison's government several times. in the past, we offer military analysts, mike mos in whether he thinks saw that will really withdrawal them this time. a look, it's really impossible to say whether he will pull out. but i think we have to the owner of this within the context of a all the power struggle. i mean, one way of viewing russia is a bit like maybe even quotes where people have to either remain in teaching, save and pacin

as cbs's debora patta reports the wagner group is also accused of carrying out atrocities in africa whilexpanding the reach of the kremlin. we do want to warn you that some of these images are disturbing. >> reporter: the killing grounds of bucha in ukraine. potential war crimes committed by tkremlin's troops including ran wagner mercenaries. the year before another massacre. thousands of miles away in the central bambari. here no prosecutors documenting the mass murder. and no one to implicate those mercenaries who prop up c.a.r.'s president in exchange for lucrative contracts to mine gold. cbs news spoke to eyewitnesses whose names have all been changed for their protection. c.a.r. refugee medina fled to cameroon after wagner attacked bambari and seized the family's gold trading business. "they were shooting at us from the ground and the sky," she said. "so many people died." the blood bath her son usman told us began shortly before midday prayers. "it was total carnage. like armageddon," he said. "they spoke russian, even chechen." authorities claim there was an operation to root out r

the meanwhile, on the russian side apparent disunity, the wagner power military group has been spear, heading rushes efforts to capture by moods, but has reportedly suffered heavy casualties to the head of the masonry force. you have any precaution blamed the russian defense ministry for those losses. so i thing a lack of ammunition guide and now he's reportedly oscar most car to allow his forces to pull out of the city and be replaced by those of chechen lita rum. sudden come eat of go with the head of the muslim majority. republic says he's not forces ready to step in, but both main site, any transfer, want to take place until the 10th of may. after russia celebrates victory day in world war 2. and ukraine says it has shot down a russian to hypersonic missile over keith with us made patriot defense systems. it is the 1st time that keith has been able to intercept one of moscow's most modern missiles. at least 54 people are now known to have been killed in violence in india is north eastern mont, a poor state. thousands of soldiers have been sent to the region in order to restore ord

the russian efforts there have been led by the wagner group, which is this mercenary group, led by yevgenyy to keep the russians busy there and engage them in a war of attrition, to inflict heavy losses on the russian side. we know that this battle for bakhmut, the longest battle in this war, has been extremely deadly for both russia and ukraine. the russian side has suffered very heavy losses, potentially with more than 10,000 of those wagner fighters being killed during this battle. and i think the strategy from the ukrainian side has been to keep the russians engaged in this battle, as they prepare for this much anticipated counteroffensive. the ukrainians hve now received the equipment promised by western countries and i think this counteroffensive could happen at any moment now really. the report from kyiv on this latest attacks and counterattacks. eu chief ursula von der leyen is ging to visit kyiv tomorrow accourding to her spokeperson. she will be talking with ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. it said the visit will focus on all aspects of european union's relations with ukra

as much as prigozhin might be a thorn in their side, i don't think they can afford to lose the wagner groupleaked documents, there are discussions between russian military officials about how to deal with him, how to try and shut him up basically. >> it's incredible reporting. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, an emotional weekend at the university of idaho. six months to the day after four young students were murdered, they were remembered and honored at the school's spring commencement. our gary tuchman was there. his report next. >>> this weekend exactly six months after four students were murdered at the university of idaho, the students were honored posthumously. xana kernodle received a certificate in marketing. hailee goncalves received her bachelor in studies. >> reporter: when madison may goegen was little, he loved singing, dancing, and animals. she had an interest in the world of business when she got older. she was majoring in marketing at the university of idaho's business school, when she was murdered. ben mogen is her father. maddie was his only child. >> just

the comments come after russian attacks on dnipro and the wagner group's recent claims it has fully capturedof bakhmut. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group has announced that his forces have started to withdraw from bakhmut. ukraine denies this. the battle for that city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. now, oleksiy danilov — the secretary of ukraine's national security and defence council — says an assult to retake territory from russian forces is ready to launch. he's been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what's left of bakhmut, in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they're withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground and the outskirts, as the country's most senior security official told us. translation: we control “ust a small part of the city, i and we admit that. but you have to keep in mind that bakhmut has played a big role in this war. are the wagner mercen

is being denied by the wagner group is being denied by ukraine.ecuted three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide anti—government protests last year. the men were convicted over their alleged involvement in a shooting attack that killed three security personnel in isfahan in november. amnesty international says they were subjected to unfair trials and allegedly tortured. four other protesters have been hanged since december. protests were held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the latest executions and videos posted online show people chanting slogans denouncing the government as murderers. to find out more on the latest, we are joined now by bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi. thank you forjoining us. what is the latest on this? figs thank you forjoining us. what is the latest on this?— thank you forjoining us. what is the latest on this? as you can see, the latest on this? as you can see, the protesters. _ the latest on this? as you can see, the protesters, we've _ the latest on this? as you can see, the protesters,

thank you very much next week and have a closer look at the wagner group and they, it's boss, missed a precaution in onyx report. as for those rights that i need to abide, so not a day goes by without commentary from russia's most vocal oligarchy you've given you pick gordon on the war in ukraine to be sure women are more than just an opinionated 1000000000. there is a key player in the conflict as commander often walk you through a private army of mercenaries. the warren ukraine is not the 1st for wagner. they've been active across africa fighting and libya, syria and molly gaining a reputation for brutality along the way. but despite the army experience, pig gordon says it lacks organization. we'd love to have those. we started because it's a wonderful special operation. on february 24, 2022. we don't around for month. well and then came to a standstill. was there we go, our box kicking from many of the directions and what did we see? the an arm is that the screeching no management, no training and all weapons will probably come to the standard. yep. it's a document. but that could

you will remember that the wagner group have led the attack on bakhmut on the russian side. roup announced it was transferring positions to the russian army in a video that the bbc has confirmed it was taken in the east of the city. have a listen. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. _ today it is sam on the 25th of may. by the 1st ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the rear camps. we are handing over our positions to the military. ammunition, physicians, everything, including food rations. live now to our world affairs editorjohn simpson who's in oxford. it has been such a brutal battle over the last few months. our analysis. why is it so important, the city? analysis. why is it so important, the ci ? ~ , , ., the city? well, firstly, right from the city? well, firstly, right from the very start. — the city? well, firstly, right from the very start, across _ the city? well, firstly, right from the very start, across the - the city? well, firstly, right from the very start, across the board, | the very start, across the board, russia said t

stephanie: the war in ukraine helped prigozhin bring the wagner group out of the shadows and grow it military empire. >> because of this war and because of the ambitions of prigozhin, quite quickly, the group is the most visible part of the russian military. now we have billboards advertising wagner. it is a completely unprecedented thing. stephanie: despite the audacious outburst against the kremlin elite, putin needs prigozhin for now. candace: prigozhin is always conscious of the fact that he's expendable. at any time, putin could decide i don't need you anymore. your services are no longer useful. or, more importantly, you are becoming a threat to me. stephanie: make no mistake of who was in charge, she says. prigozhin's power only exists at the mercy of putin. for the pbs newshour, i am stephanie sy. ♪ geoff: it is friday and we turn now to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post. great to see you both. lawmakers have an additional four days to arrive at a deal on the debt c

it comes as the leader of russia's wagner, mercenary group gift. any provision says he'll carry out his threat to withdrawal his fighters from the strategically important city of bock moved starting next week . ukrainian forces are still dug in there just by months of russian attacks of the ukrainian troops but to the holding on. despite the onslaught. the soldiers on the outskirts of the eastern ukrainian city of buckboard say, russian forces had been throwing everything at them in recent days. but they're not giving out. good, i need isn't what the enemy has been trying to storm our front positions for the past week. so that way we successfully stop. so i'm going to wait a little bit this morning around 5 am, up to 2, and am you squads charged in our direction? they're pushing is ongoing. but as you can see, all that for holding them i despise being under russian city each for some 10 months. ukraine still has a foothold in the front on the city, but it comes at a heavy human cost, something ukrainian presidents. a lot of them is zalinski acknowl