So will the
insurrection and
its aftermath
have any impact on the battlefield
in Ukraine?
For its part,
Kiev says it is making gains on
the ground.
Let's bring in our Nick Paton Walsh
for some perspective on the war post
attempted insurrection.
Nick,
thank you so much for being with us.
So, you know,
the one the group has been instrumental
in the war in Ukraine, particularly
in Around-the-clock Mood,
the group
has been told to hand over
their heavy weapons to the Ukrainians,
to the Russian army
Just explain to us
how that changes
the dynamic
on the battlefield going forward.
Yeah, I mean,
we are still in very early days
as to how this extraordinary chaos
is going to impact
Russia on the front lines,
but being no doubt
fighting to have been
the most effective fighting
that the Russians have had over
the winter.
Certainly leading
spearheading the fight for Obama.
It's being no doubt too brutal,
savage, often at times deeply inhumane
fighters, too.
But it does appear that
they will be stepping back.
And according to Prigozhin,
a very small number of them
will, in fact,
join the Ministry of Defense.
They may all move to Belarus.
That is still something to be worked out
We simply don't know where
the fighters are
and how
obedient they are
with this apparent deal
that their leader has indeed struck.
But is this as yet
changing the nature of the fight
on the Ukrainian front lines?
What is unclear. Here's what we know
Unprecedented chaos in Moscow
has yet to ease Ukraine's
bitter fight in the trenches
close combat around back.
Two weeks into the continued
grind of the counteroffensive,
open operations
filmed over the weekend
just as foreign troops
roll towards Moscow.
Here, the red,
white and blue are Russians
in disarray and surrendering.
The hope is more will follow
as word
spreads of the failed rebellion
and morale and discipline falter.
It was near here.
Ukraine proclaimed Monday progress
on the front lines
with room for hope elsewhere.
To the south
on another Donetsk front,
near the heavily contested marker,
it appears some Kremlin
loyal Chechen fighters
were pulled to Moscow for its defense
at the weekend.
Here they are strutting along an apparent
highway near the capital,
pockmarked and marring
opportunities for Ukraine in the east,
but also further west near Harrison
the Anta Nevsky Bridge.
The scene of intense clashes
captured by this Russian drone
as Ukrainian forces claimed
to cross over to the Russian
controlled Eastern Bank.
Opening another front, perhaps
it is too early to tell
whether or if Russia is crumbling
and Ukraine's progress
has been incremental.
Still,
the familiar scene
when their fighters declared
they'd captured another small village
in the south riven uphill on Monday
None of this yet.
There's strategic sea
change and Russian collapse.
The weekend's madness that Zelensky
visiting troops in the east
Monday as well will hope follows because
he faces anxious choices.
Even with all the Kremlin's
intimate ugliness so exposed.
Move now.
We'll wait for more in Moscow to unravel.
He must be sure
to make no mistakes of his own
or interrupt
the torrent of them in Moscow
Now, Ukraine's push through its entire
counteroffensive has essentially been
to wear down
Russian front lines
and perhaps find a place
where they can break through
and really force Moscow
to make difficult decisions
about where
its priorities on the front line are.
Now, they may be hoping to expedite
that moment, knowing full
well that in Moscow there's utter chaos,
frankly, at the moment.
And a top brass
who are barely clinging on to their jobs.
And so
an important moment,
perhaps Ukraine to seize upon.
But these things do take time.
You can't suddenly, in a matter
of hours,
redeploy tens of thousands of troops
in a different direction,
but be in no doubt.
I'm sure that even though
many Russian troops on the front lines
do not have smartphones, cell phones,
the news of this chaos
will be trickling through slowly
in the days and weeks ahead.
And my gosh,
you can imagine the effect
that's going to have on morale,
let alone strategy.
So expect some changes.
We just have no idea what timetable
they'll follow.
Yes.
It's still early days, as you point out.
Nick Paton Walsh live for us that.
Thank you so much.