There may not be a crescendo moment now - but this is not the end of Putin's crisis
"And then these images of this convoy heading towards the capital and President Putin being forced to come out and issue that extraordinary statement earlier today where, he accused Prigozhin of armed mutiny. As we told you in our previous post, Belarus announced that the head of the Wagner group had agreed to de-escalate the situation in Russia.
The announcement, carried on the official Telegram channel of the Belarusian presidency, said the head of the mercenary Wagner group had agreed to halt the further movement of his fighters across Russia.Alexander Lukashenko is a close ally of Vladimir Putin and spoke to Mr Progozhin in agreement with the Russian president, the statement said. As the rapidly-evolving events in Russia continue, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is"sure" Vladimir Putin is no longer in Moscow.
"The man from the Kremlin is obviously very afraid and probably hiding somewhere, not showing himself. I am sure that he is no longer in Moscow," he continued. Ian Bond, the director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform told Sky News there is"some evidence" the mercenary group is now only 100km from Moscow. Joe Biden has spoken to Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier about the situation in Russia, the White House has said.