The World got a signal that something big was going down in Russia.

It began when Yvgeny Pregozhin, leader of the paramilitary force, the Wagner Group, made

some incendiary accusations online.

Here's our colleague Yaroslav Trafumov.

Pregozhin suddenly issued a series of audio messages on social media, accusing the

Ministry of Defense and the Chief General Staff of the Shaolin, his camps and killing

a large number of people.

Pregozhin was angry.

He alleged his troops had just been bombed and said Russia's military had done it.

And he didn't just criticize Russia's military establishment, he went further.

He said his troops were preparing to march on Moscow.

This is a war coup.

This is a march of justice.

Our actions don't interfere in the military.

Pregozhin said this march wasn't a coup.

He called it a march for justice.

Hours later, thousands of Wagner soldiers were on the move.

The march came to an end almost as quickly as it started.

But it represented the biggest threats of Vladimir Putin during his 23 years in power.

I think everyone was just in a bit of a will plash, because the events unfolded really,

really quickly.

What did that feel like for you who's covered this for a long time?

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