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Hello, it's 486 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and since

we finished recording Friday's episode, a lot has happened in Russia.

This could be a defining moment in this war, and potentially could be a challenge to Vladimir

Putin's grip on power.

In an astonishing escalation of infighting Yvgeny Prigorshin, the head of the Russian

Wagner mercenary group called for a rebellion against the Russian army, although he denied

attempting a coup.

We were ready to go to the retreats of the defense, but it's already late on Friday,

Prigorshin's social media accounts accused the Russian army of shelling Wagner's base

camps, which was followed by Prigorshin's direct threats against the Russian military

commanders.

He said he was going to hold them accountable, to sort them out, punish them, and that

was the first time he threatened to do something about them.

And in return, Moscow accused him of armed mutiny.

Today, Saturday, Prigorshin says his forces have marched from Ukraine into Russia, and

they control, he says, key sites in southern Russia.

President Putin went on television, a national address, he called this a betrayal, he called

it treason, and he admitted that an armed mutiny was underway.

It's a battle, when our people decide to unite all forces, the only thing that Putin

said that the situation in Rostov and Don, which is a huge city of more than one million

people right next to Ukraine, he said the situation there was difficult, and militant civilian

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