Extra episode: What will Putin do next?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The rebellion by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, is over.
BBC Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford and broadcaster Gabriel Gatehouse try to make sense of what happened on Saturday with a rebellion by the mercenary Wagner group and share their thoughts on what happens next for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Today’s extra episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The episode was produced by Clare Williamson. The technical director was Ricardo McCarthy. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 487 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.4 | And after our emergency episode on Saturday, |
| 0:13.0 | where we brought you news of that potential military coup |
| 0:15.7 | and challenge to the leadership of President Putin, |
| 0:18.0 | there has been a chaotic, remarkable and speedy turnaround in events, hasn't it, Ali? |
| 0:24.2 | Oh, absolutely. |
| 0:25.4 | After Yaginyev Pregozhnev claimed that his Wagner group's base camps |
| 0:31.1 | have been targeted by a Russian army missile strike. |
| 0:35.5 | He embarked on a march for justice, as he called it. |
| 0:39.5 | And a lot of people said it was a coup attempt. |
| 0:43.1 | And he was able, apparently, to capture Rostov Andon, |
| 0:47.3 | which is a huge city of more than one million in southern Russia, |
| 0:51.1 | right on the border with Ukraine. |
| 0:53.4 | And he was able, also, to capture the Russian army's main command center |
| 1:00.8 | for operations in Ukraine, which was based in Rostov. |
| 1:06.5 | But after a very tense few hours, the Belarusian leader's office |
| 1:14.4 | announced that the Belarusian leader had been able to mediate a deal |
| 1:19.6 | between the Russian authorities and Yaginyev Pregozhnev, |
| 1:23.2 | as a result of which, Yaginyev Pregozhnev, |
| 1:26.0 | according to the Kremlin, will be moving to Belarus. |
| 1:30.7 | And Yaginyev Pregozhnev himself announced that his march was over |
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