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Wagner mutiny: What’s next for the war and Putin’s Russia?

This Is Why

Sky News

News, News Commentary, Daily News

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

President Putin's hold on power in Russia has been shaken following a brief mutiny over the weekend led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the private military group Wagner. An apparent deal between Putin and Prigozhin has the Wagner leader now exiled to Belarus.

Joining host Niall Paterson on the Sky News Daily, our correspondent Diana Magnay, in Moscow, describes the feeling within the country on how close Prigozhin's army came. Plus, international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn, in Ukraine, analyses the impact of the mutiny on the war.

Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Soila Apparicio
Editor: Dave Terris

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For a time, it looked as if Russia, Russia, was teetering on the brink of civil war.

1:10.4

Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, led by Yvgeny Progosion, seized the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and its military headquarters, and shot down three helicopters.

1:19.7

Next stop on what he called a march for justice was Moscow itself.

1:24.9

Progosion was, in essence, declaring war on the defence minister,

1:28.5

Sergei Shogu, on the head of the armed forces, Valerie Garasimov, over their handling of the

1:33.6

Ukraine war. As the Russian capital fortified itself, President Vladimir Putin made an ashen-faced

1:39.9

emergency address to the nation, calling for unity and decrying Progogian's efforts as an armed

1:45.8

mutiny and a stamp in the back. Yet that very evening, Progogian announced that he was ordering

1:51.6

his forces back to their bases in the south. The Kremlin, let it be known, that criminal charges

1:57.0

against him would be dropped. It appears the coup d'etat was averted thanks to negotiations

2:01.9

led by the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. As part of that deal, Progosin is said

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