Hello, lots of fast-moving and quite unclear events happening in Russia.

So who better to talk us through what might be happening and what it might mean,

and also what we don't know than the Ukraine cast team who recorded this extra episode.

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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 Prigorzhen, the head of the Russian Vagna mercenary group,

called for a rebellion against the Russian army, although he denied attempting a coup.

We were ready to go to the main stage of the war.

The war is already over. And we'll find a solution as it will be.

Late on Friday, Prigorzhen's social media accounts accused the Russian army of shelling Vagna's base camps,

which was followed by Prigorzhen'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, Prigorzhen 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 bit of a challenge when our people are trying to unite all forces.

Yes, Vladimir Putin said that the situation in Rostov and Don,

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