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what is vladimir putin's reaction? did he make any concessions remember prigozhin was very critical of the russian military brass. of course key officials here are wondering what impact if any does this have in their war with russia. eric: very flexible situation on the grounds the moment. is there a sense perhaps prigozhin wanted the defense minister to resign and others blaming them for the failures in the ukrainian war he called a racket to help feed the oligarchs and the russian elite. as you said we do not know putin has given any concessions but clearly seems to be some type of standoff. >> that is what we will be looking for exactly. we will be looking if perhaps vladimir putin has agreed to some kind of change in the top military brass that prigozhin was so critical about or not. and what happens? prigozhin basically invaded with his forces does putin turn the other cheek and say that is fine and go back to your battle in ukraine? there's still a lot of questions here think it underscores a lot of personalities

vladimir putin coming out of this pretty weakened. chor: how will the russian people on the street be responding to the statements by putin in lieu of the events that have just taken place? philip: there are two ways of looking at that. the first is that a lot of russians are, i think, fairly fed up the whole situation and the war. they will roll their lives and want to get on with their lives, they don't want to get involved in politics. others have seen this kind of thing before, certainly the coup against mikael gorbachev in 1991. this kind of little cool of people is nothing new in russia or particularly strange to russians. they say we will move on afterwards. i think what you have to remember is the information being given out by the russian media, state via, social media -- state media and social media cared up to protect vladimir and russian leadership. that's the most important thing. the information in the public will be in support of what is going on in ukraine from russia's point of view. it's very hard for the russian peop

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this is one more line of transition from afp, vladimir putin saying, wagner mutineers can join the armyto belarus. your thoughts on that first and where this leaves the wagner group now. >> this was part of putin's regional plan to integrate wagner into the ministry of defense. that of course is the reason that the leader struck out, he did not want to be subordinated to the ministry of the -- of defense by july 1. he is saying those who want to join and remain in russia can do so and the rest can go to belarus. i see this as a strange concsion by putin that does demonstrate his weakness, i.e., what does that show about his ability to control the situation? we are used to thinking of putin as somebody who is able to control his arminians. he is no longer able -- his own minions. he is no longer able to control them and now he cannot even deal with a rebellion and allowed the free exit of those who were rebelling against him. that leaves lots of questions. what will they do in belarus? will they have access to russian equipment? will be operated in africa? will they go back to ukraine? l

it is more friendly with vladimir putin. eports, is headed towards rostov-on-don to basically stand up for putin. so we could be seeing some clashes there. the other point, very serious, is the approach of at least about 5,000 fighters of the wagner mercenary troops as they get closer to moscow. we have them maybe within about 200 miles of moscow now and some say they could reach the outskirts by the end of this day. again, 5,000 troops, various kinds of armor. they have been getting some resistance from russian forces on the way up. moscow itself basically on lockdown. the kremlin tight, very tight right now and people moving around, now being limited, especially on monday. that could be a focal point. the question is really, when, how russia handles this. it would seem that they could, obviously. they have one of the biggest armies around with all sorts of resources at hand, but this is a very sensitive matter and as much, as strongly as vladimir talks about the seriousness of the acts of the wagner chief, it's still a tric

what do you think of what you heard from vladimir putin? >> yes. short statement, he had to give one, almost nothing new. but that in itself is noteworthy. the fact that putin said that the wagner are patriots, thrown at their brothers. first is the fact that he clearly wants to resintegrate wagner. he wants them part of the russian forces. he opened the speech talking about the fight against ukraine. and how critical it was to be able to continue that. so, that may be part of the reason why he's continuing to allow prigozhin to be there is because he wants some time to ensure that wagner is stripped away, is effectively liquidated. but there's no question, he still considers prigozhin to be a traitor. prigozhin is the one that's throwing he's patriots against their brothers. and as of right now, he didn't mention his name. he's taken no steps against him. and that is -- the longer that goes on, the more challenged existentially that putin actually looks, as an uncontested dictator in his country. >> i want to go back to cnn's senior international c

prigozhin is entirely vladimir putin's creation. he owns everything -- he owes everything to putin's patronage and prudent failed to bring him to heal early on several months ago when you started sounding off in the ways that he has an in escalating terms. this is putin and putin alone and it points to one of the weaknesses of the way he has conducted this war. there has been many of them but this is pretty unprecedented and he has allowed a multiplicity of centers of force to develop within russia. russia's armed forces of course and also wagner group and we have some other forces, parliamentary forces like wagner as well. the chechens control some. this fragmentation of a force is an extremely uncertain factor in russia's future development and a deeper irony here. a fundamental contradiction of the putin presidency. he came into power emphasizing above all important of a single what he called "power vertical, "a hyper centralized unified russia, get on his watch we have seen a proliferation over a form of power which is most dange

is this something that vladimir putin is going to play over the long run? hat putin gets rid of opponents. a lot of people are thinking, frankly, even strong russia watchers, guys like -- we're saying at the very beginning he's done. but he, this is not going to end well. it will end quickly and i don't think they think it would go the way it did marching to moscow having some deal and leaving the country. i'm just like the rest of you watching and listening to experts who know more than i do about wagner and russian eternal politics and everybody is saying, you know his future is probably done in russia. the more important question to me, the issue to me, then what? we've heard and we've been told that the beginning of this war that nobody knows very much or not enough about what comes underneath vladimir putin and i'm a military reporter the reason why doesn't drop a bomb on the kremlin you, don't know who would get in place. it might not be better. it could be even worse. it could cause even more chaos in russia. that's even more of a security risk for eu

i troops. -- in terms of vladimir putin's reputation.— putin's reputation. britain _ putin's reputation. i think i do make britain comes _ putin's reputation. i think i do make britain comes out - putin's reputation. i think i do make britain comes out of. putin's reputation. i think i do| make britain comes out of this damage, and what he is now trying to do is reassert grip, and reassert authority, and trying to play down what really happened. —— i think vladimir putin comes out of this damaged. we should expect revenge against traitors, in terms of what happens on the battlefield, in russia's invasion of ukraine, i think it is a bit too early to tell, so the ukrainians should certainly be looking for advantage, if there is advice is to be found, for example in the morale of the russian army stance to take a dip. they should certainly be looking at whether there are sailors in command and control in the russian army. but i think it would be a big mistake at this stage, to conclude with what happened that it would be easy sailing now for ukraine, because it

there is undoubtedly now a weakness to vladimir putin that we have not seen before. doubt that putin emerges from this weekend in the longer term and if you respect on the history of failed coups in russia and the soviet of 1991 when hardliners staged a coup. they failed after three days but the soviet union collapsed shortly after. another coup which also failed to enter in just a few months the bolsheviks came to power and we had a civil war that lasted for a long time and cost russia millions of lives so there is a real bad historical precedent here as far as failed coups go and i wonder if putin is worried about this. will he continue to double down on the conflict in ukraine? the continue to double down on the conflict in ukraine?— conflict in ukraine? the bigger auestion conflict in ukraine? the bigger question is _ conflict in ukraine? the bigger question is whether _ conflict in ukraine? the bigger question is whether he - conflict in ukraine? the bigger question is whether he has - conflict in ukraine? the bigger question is whether he has to l conflict in uk

vladimir putin called catastrophic. enemy was not successful in any of the sectors, they have heavy losses for us, of course, thank god, the loss, as we call you , we know. today they can be sanitary, and can be irretrievable, that's usually, well, now i'm afraid to make a mistake, but somewhere, irretrievable losses of 25 percent, well , a maximum of 30. they have almost 50 as for the armor of vehicles, in general, things are counted so more serious, yes, so they during this time over 160 tanks were lost. and they hear 360 armor of vehicles of different types, this is just what we see there are still losses that we don’t see , which are inflicted by e . . it is approximately 25, or maybe thirty percent, we will recapture this equipment that was delivered. the protection of these things that is happening in ukraine , russia in historical terms, will never be satisfied, said vladimir putin, by alternating coups d'état. ukraine has reached a bloody regime and now glorifies the fascist bandera did, and yushchenko came to p

vladimir putin branding the actions treason. ders of president alexander lukashenko active the authority of putin speaking with prigozhin to change things. the wagner chief agreed to pull back with guaranteed security. the leader confirmed he ordered his fighters to return to field camps in ukraine including those holed up in that russian city. jon, overall it looks like a loss for the mercenary head. charges against him will not be pursued. the kremlin said there will be no changes in the russian military which is what he wanted. when they sent him to belarus. an apparent loss for hooton as well the scenes of fighters running rampant across this country quite vivid. the ukrainian military new moves were announced on saturday gets occupied russian forces at various points on that long frontline. in the war goes on, back to you. >> really incredible images there for greg palkot life in kyiv thanks reagan. u.s. leaders and european allies have discussed the developing situation in russia. they are so closely watching after the wagn

translation: i listen to vladimir putin now. translation:— listen to vladimir putin now.: ., ., , , , , ., translation: i am addressing russian citizens again- — translation: i am addressing russian citizens again- i — translation: i am addressing russian citizens again. i am _ translation: i am addressing russian citizens again. i am thanking _ translation: i am addressing russian citizens again. i am thanking you - citizens again. i am thanking you for your perseverance. this has shown that any blackmail, any attempts to cause domestic discord are doomed to failure. i will say this again, the highest level of social consolidation has been shown of the executive and legislature at all levels. the hard and unequivocal position of support was taken by religious conversions, essentially all of russian society and turned into one by the main thing responsibility for the fate. from the very beginning, all steps should have been taken to defend the constitutional order, the lives and security of our citizens. even though they became deranged, they could not but understand it.

so that is regarding vladimir putin. also, many— is regarding vladimir putin.ether yevgeny prigozhin with his private _ whether yevgeny prigozhin with his private army could be a threat to the russian authorities so perhaps there _ the russian authorities so perhaps there is— the russian authorities so perhaps there is a — the russian authorities so perhaps there is a question about the judgment of the kremlin? 0n the other— judgment of the kremlin? 0n the other hand, let's look at yevgeny prigozhin. — other hand, let's look at yevgeny prigozhin, what does this tell us about— prigozhin, what does this tell us about the — prigozhin, what does this tell us about the chief of wagner? it tells us you _ about the chief of wagner? it tells us you can — about the chief of wagner? it tells us you can have a private army and you can _ us you can have a private army and you can mutiny and you can set the -oal you can mutiny and you can set the goal of— you can mutiny and you can set the goal of toppling the military leadership of russia and at the end of the _ leadership

, vladimir putin is calling this an insurrection.nteresting, however, he did not name prigozhin or wagner directly, but it kind of gives you a sense of how unprepared, i, think the kremlin was for this. there's going to be a lot of questions moving forward in moscow, about how this was allowed to happen, this is kind of the product of a long simmering fight between prigozhin and defense minister, sergei shoigu, that is really erupted in a sort of dramatic, unprecedented way. i think it's safe to say this is one of the most, if not the most, significant developments in russian domestic politics in the last 20 years. we've never seen anything like it. president putin has never faced a challenge like this, and i think there's a lot of nervous people in moscow right now. >> one more question for you, matt, real quickly. how is the kremlin responding to prigozhin troops claiming control over russia's headquarters there in rostov-on-don? >> so, it's interesting. they've actually not directly acknowledge that he has control of that building

we have not heard from vladimir putin. ike a deal between prigozhin and putin may not be a deal at all. when you look at everything that has unfolded over the last 24, 48 hours, what does it mean for ukraine? what do you believe it means on the battlefield? >> chris, katy, thank you for having me. russia presented itself as a military autocracy, and this big attempt, teams of a coup by prigozhin shows that russian military autocracy is not united. we see at least three military forces that fight inside russia. these are militaryshoygu, and military who support putin. this is military company who can choose any side because they have private military company, and also we have seen already that the opposition volunteer corps that fight inside russia, they are oppositioning to putin and when we see at least three more forces in military autocracy, this means they are not united. there is a huge crack to this autocracy ask here all the people hope that it can lead in some time hopefully faster to the end of putin's regime. the

i would in a way that vladimir putin would never do. relax, however hardliner the person might be he replaces vladimir putin in due course, —— i would never rule out. that doesn't mean they will continue the nonsense of an invasion that is meant to destroy ukraine, and is now manifested as united ukrainian nation. i manifested as united ukrainian nation. , , manifested as united ukrainian nation. , ., ., ., nation. i suppose another important international— nation. i suppose another important international dynamic _ nation. i suppose another important international dynamic is _ nation. i suppose another important international dynamic is what - international dynamic is what beijing does. with all the nuclear talk, they will be bound to be greater anxiety in the chinese capital. behind—the—scenes, publicly, even today, we've had the sort of comments you would expect instead with what has gone before, but behind—the—scenes, would you be anticipating any sort of departure, movement from the current position? the current position will not c

it appears that vladimir putin has staved off a rebellion, excuse me. convincing the leader of a mercenary group of putin's own making to turn around and retreat just 125 miles away from moscow, which by the way, is less than the distance from philly to d.c. or milwaukee to south bend or austin to houston. but even if the threat is over and it's not at all clear that saturday's turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin's tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that's according to ukraine's air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we're going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn't alter putin's control in the short te

the crisis has cooled for now, but what will the impact of the uprising be on vladimir putin's weakened hold over a country struggling in its war against ukraine? here in washington, intelligence agencies have been quietly monitoring the escalating tensions between the wagner mercenary group and the putin government for some time, and spent the weekend nervously watching events in russia unfold. we'll hear from secretary of state antony blinken and the head of the house intelligence committee mike turner. >>> one year after the end of roe versus wade, the march to ban abortion in some states continues. >> we will never rest and relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of american law in every state in the land. >> as do efforts to motivates voters to fight for the right to choose an abortion. >> the court was betting that all of us would remain silent, butt but we're not. >> we'll talk with texas congresswoman veronica escobar. >>> finally the new head of the united nations world food program, cindy mccain, joins us to talk about where the hunger crisis is worst and wh

vladimir putin. but now, this seems to be an opportunity for people to speak up and it also has put putin at a very, very precarious position. look, we have heard that the wagner group have taken rostov-on-don, a town of 1 million people. they're moving more north towards moscow, very much unheated. that is a huge embarrassment for vladimir putin if he is even able to put down this uprising by the wagner group, which is a big possibility. he is got the weight of the army behind him. even if that all goes away at some point, this has been a disaster for him. this has shown an internal breakdown within the system so much so that the russian foreign ministry have released a statement saying that russian society has sharply rebuked these actions by the of ocular group, that the society remains free behind vladimir putin and this was designed to bring about a crack in society, to disrupt unity, to undermine the security of the country. they have warned western countries not to try to take advantage of thi

is behind this, yevgeny prigozhin, behind these forcesment they're mercenary soldiers, to do vladimir putin'sidding in 30-some odd countries that mr. putin has been able to rely on prigozhin, but he speaks his mind and with that comes a guy who is notoriously blunt if not ruthless. he had no fear speaking to the world to say that he had no help, that soldiers of his were dying and many people said he was trying to bypass a lot of the military commanders in russia, doing no help, and certainly not aiding his cause. in fact, that they were probably for, he said at the time, actually targeting troops. it was blunt, it was in the military's face, and it was meant to send a message to vladimir putin. take a look. >> my guys will not suffer useless and unjustified losses in bakhmut, and in 2023 we'll leave the settlement of bakhmut. if you do not want to give the victory to the russians because of petty envy, these are your problems. neil: he was not reprimanded for that, vladimir putin did not call him back to moscow for that. the defense ministers, though they tried to remove him did not remove h

earlier on june 26, vladimir putin addressed the russians. the head of state spoke after an attempted mutiny, which on 24 june took the leadership of the wagner pmc , the president thanked the citizens for their cohesion, endurance and patriotism. he pointed out that attempts to arrange internal turmoil for themselves are doomed to failure. responsibility for the fate of the fatherland has united and rallied everyone . vladimir putin noted an armed rebellion. in any case, he would have been suppressed. according to him , russia's enemies wanted fratricide, so that our society was choked with a bloody civil strife; ill-wishers hoped that russia would lose a split in society and dreamed of taking it. revenge for their failures at the front. however, they miscalculated, the president said so. today i once again appeal to all citizens of russia. thank you for your endurance , solidarity and patriotism. this civil solidarity has shown that any blackmail attempt to create internal turmoil is doomed to failure. i repeat was shown. the highest consol

eric: -- the elites and the leadership, the people who have been backing vladimir putin. done and say, you know, look, it's over, vlad? you're done or are we not at that point yet? and how do you get at that point? >> reporter: i don't think we're at that --. i don't think we are at that point yet, eric. you know, obviously, i'm a journalist, but putting on my analyst hat and talking to analysts i think, you know, vladimir putin rea mains a very strong individual. remains a very strong individual. one thing that's misunderstood, perhaps, in the west is what you point out. people do, in fact, do discuss what's going on in russia. they will have seen everything that took place today. even state television showed some of what was going on. it showed the russian president's statement in the morning, it showed, you know, some of the chaos, mostly people denouncing prigozhin in that city you mentioned, rostov, where his troops had taken over. but more than that, many millions of russians are on what's called telegram. it's a social media app where these huge discussion groups an

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vladimir putin called the sites catastrophic. uh, the enemy of success did not have them big losses for us, of course, thank god the losses, as we call you know. today they can be sanitary, or they can be irrevocable. that's usually, well, now i'm afraid to make a mistake, but somewhere e irretrievable losses 25 percent, well, a maximum of 30. they have almost 50 as for the armor of vehicles, there is something else in general. more serious, yes, so they lost over 160 tanks during this time. and over 360 armor of vehicles of various types, this is just what we see, there are still losses that we do not see, which are inflicted by, e.g., high- precision long-range weapons on clusters of personnel and equipment. so in fact, there are more of them than these losses from ukraine , and that's according to my calculations. this is approximately 25, or maybe 30% of the volume of the equipment that was put out of the gun what is happening on not ever vladimir putin, alternating coup d'etat, ukraine has reached a bloody regime and now glo

we this is a major blow to vladimir putin's rule.— this is a major blow to vladimir putin's rule. ~ .echen _ putin's rule. we are seeing comments from the chechen leader _ putin's rule. we are seeing comments from the chechen leader that - putin's rule. we are seeing comments from the chechen leader that he - putin's rule. we are seeing comments from the chechen leader that he is - from the chechen leader that he is prepared to utilise his forces in support of the kremlin to help put down this mutiny by wagner forces. what do we know about that? it comes as no surprise — what do we know about that? it comes as no surprise because _ what do we know about that? it comes as no surprise because progozhin - as no surprise because progozhin launched his march forju5tice a5 as no surprise because progozhin launched his march forju5tice as he called it, a cool, there are signs of a power struggle in russia so it is significant that the chechen leader has come out in support of a vladimir putin. the big question now is how the situation in rostov is going to be resolved. whether progozhin will

vladimir putin is going to deliver on the deal? i would keep my bodyguards and my food taster closer because poison is one of putin's favorite instruments of getting revenge. >> he has a force of 25,000 under his command? allegedly? >> that's what he's credited for. at the start of this year, he was credited with 50,000, and i think the drop from 50 to 25,000 is a measure of how much they lost in the fighting in eastern ukraine. >> this was great to have your analysis and your reporting. thank you, both. >> thahanks. >> w we'll be riright back.. for. >> we'll be right back. >>> it's now been one year since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade and the political dissension over abortion rights continues to grow. we've recently discussed the topic with republican presidential candidates on this broadcast but today we turn to texas congresswoman veronica escobar, a co-chair of president biden's re-election bid and she joins us from el paso. good morning to you, congresswoman? >> good morning. >> it's been 50 years since 1973 and

we were sure that vladimir putin would definitely be shown a new singing fountain. the largest in the country, when the presidential cortege came to the park , the joyful age and local residents. loud music was turned off for a while. it was planned that vladimir putin would watch the light and music show from the observation deck, but unexpectedly the head states went down and went to the fence behind which the people stood, he was so close to the people. he trusts the people very much, because he is with the people, he is open to us to people, and therefore he also approached us from nowhere, and he was on a par with us, i was very pleased with the emotions from this meeting. people are still sharing on the streets in cafes and shops all the talk about who managed to communicate with the president and the victim's hand, and olga saidova is the owner of a small clothing store, succumbing to the sudden on the current feelings. she even acquired the main state and went home, as if we always had respect for him on the roof, we support his policy, we worry about him. t

in vladimir putin's authority. survivors of the migrant boat disaster in greece, tell the bbc that the greek authorities abandoned them to their fate. meanwhile — greece's conservative leader kyriakos mitsotakis claims a landlside victory in the country's national elections. hello i'm samantha simmons. we start in russia, where 2a hours after the end of a short—lived rebellion posed the greatest challenge yet to vladimir putin's authority, the president's whereabouts remain unknown. there's been speculation that the russian leader fled moscow during the crisis, after his presidentialjets were tracked leaving the city. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the events show the cracks in mr putin's authority. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group — pictured here leaving the russian city of rostov—on—don on saturday evening — is reportedly going into exile in belarus after abandoning his advance on moscow. and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky — and cheers from the watching pu

i optics mean for vladimir putin's army?— optics mean for vladimir putin's arm ?s army has been _ putin's army? i think his army has been shaken. _ putin's army? i think his army has been shaken. they - putin's army? i think his army has been shaken. they have l putin's army? i think his army - has been shaken. they have been shaken by this mutiny, by one of their best forces, one of the best units, the prigozhin wagner group was one of the toughest ones. they did grinding work but they did effective work, in bakhmut, as we know, and they were pulled off line. prigozhin pulled the wagner group of the line too much north towards moscow. it's a though they might be going back to the south. they haven't gone back into ukrainian. all to say that the russian forces are still weaker, today, that they were two days ago. russian forces in ukraine, trying to defend that long line of lake 600 miles, 900 kilometres, that is a long line for them to defend, and they have fewer people to do it, and their morale is lower because they have seen this chaos in the kremlin. have see

so that is regarding vladimir putin.ondering whether yevgeny prigozhin with his private army could be a threat to the russian authorities, so perhaps there is a question about the judgment of the kremlin? 0n the other hand, let's look at yevgeny prigozhin, what does this tell us about the chief of wagner? it tells us you can have a private army and you can mutiny and you can set the goal of toppling the military leadership of russia and, you are free, you are a free man. all right, he has to go to belarus as a result of the deal with the kremlin but think back tothe19905, 1991, a coup against mikhail gorbachev, what happened to the leaders? they were all put in prison. back in '93, a rebellion against boris yeltsin, the leaders were put in prison. after this armed mutiny in russia, what has happened to yevgeny prigozhin? off you go to belarus as a free man. that is quite interesting. also interesting is how he was cheered apparently by some of the crowds in rostov on don last night as wagner fighters pulled out of the ci

now, xi jinping and vladimir putin have developed a close personal rapport over their shared ambitionto challenge the u.s. led global order and february last year they declared a friendship with no limits before putin launched war on ukraine. china has refused to condemn the invasion and provided diplomatic and economic support for russia much to the alarm of the west and also portrayed itself as a peace broker while deepening ties with moscow but some analysts believe that china will be closely monitoring the fallout of this aborted mutiny. a political scientist with australian national university says the wagner insurrection contradicts the narrative of putin as a strong leader who enjoys full support of his people and is here for the long haul as china's global partner of choice. if putin's rule is unstable than supporting him is bad business. now, on china's twitter-like platform, the wagner insurrection was a top trending topic over the weekend. >> thank to anna with that live report from hong kong. appreciated. still to come, barely 48 hours after the dramatic wagner rebellion w

vladimir putin promised to look into it personally.tion, the president noted that a special military operation revealed ineffective parquet generals, but at the same time showed effective people. a special war operation began and very quickly, uh, they began to understand that there are more than enough such parquet generals of any army in the world in peacetime conditions everywhere. well, to put it mildly, they are ineffective, and vice versa , people began to appear who seemed to be sitting in the shade, they could not be seen or heard, but it turned out that they are very effective and very necessary. unfortunately, such people the first to leave life, because of themselves do not regret. here’s the trouble with giving such people, you need to look for and drag them upstairs, send them to study, promote them to their ranks , trust them anymore russia does not use ammunition with combined uranium , vladimir putin emphasized, although there are many of them, if necessary, russia is able to use such weapons, the president noted, but t

uh, vladimir putin and a question.r mobilization is still needed, i don’t follow it especially, but some of our public figures say that we urgently need to recruit. there is another million to take or even 2 million. it depends from what we want our troops were at, uh, at kiev, yes, well, firstly, we agreed there and got a good agreement on how to resolve the current situation by peaceful means, though they didn’t throw it out, but still, for this time, uh, we went to where we are now, do we need to go back there or not? why am i asking such a rhetorical question, because it is clear that there is no answer to this post. i can only answer it myself, but, uh, but depending on what goals you set for yourself, we must decide questions on mobilization, but no, such a need today. weapons are trying to achieve their own political goals replied vladimir putin well, so far it has only been possible to violate international legal acts. pumping up ukraine with weapons. well, this is how it is, no one hides it, on the contrary, t

vladimir putin mission. good offices called the visits of african leaders in russia by the president of senegal how important is the emphasis on the topic of the exchange of prisoners of war? well goat, how old are you? it seems to me that humanitarian efforts should be strengthened. in particular, the exchange of prisoners of war is a question concerning civilians . i think we can discuss these questions. i would like to welcome the liberation of russia on june 9 in ukrainian prisoners of war. i believe this is a very good decision along the way. uh, to reach an agreement on the release of prisoners of war in search of peace between russia and ukraine, 10 points were listed by the president of south africa, cyril amofos, to discuss the conflict, ending the war through diplomatic means, while recognizing the sovereignty of countries, according to the un charter, with mutual security guarantees. but for example, paragraph six of the grain deal, we recall kiev and it does not fulfill its conditions only malaya

any final decision would be with the russian president vladimir putin himself. n in question. to the extent he had some influence that got putin out of a jam. he had an open rebellion against putin's leadership with forces marching on moscow and lukashenko able to play a role, at least, in diffusing that situation. and now, if russian officials are to be believed, this is where prigozhin will end up. to echo comments from director clapper just before me, the belarus is effectively an extension of russia, there are borders between them but russia largely controls belarus, the safety there, is far from guaranteed. >> i find that kind of baffling. the idea that he would think he could live there safely. we'll see. appreciate it. >>> stay with cnn for our special coverage. we'll continue on this chaotic 24 hours in russia and the critical day ahead. i'll be back with you the next hour. ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) ( ) (-awww. -awww. -awww. -nope. ( ♪ ) constant contact delivers the marketing tools your small business needs to keep up, excel, and grow. constant cont

but it won't be shoigu or gerasimov, i'm pretty sure about that. >> it's interesting what would vladimir putine the beginning of the end for putin, chris? >> i do think this is the beginning of the end for putin's russia has become ungovernable under putin he is not being fed correct information that is the case in the war. he is being misled by his generals for years and it has gotten intensified at now, so they have a real problem i wouldn't be surprised if shoigu went. i think my concern and that is that putin's loyal and has a very small clique around him that emerged from st. petersburg into the kgb. i'm sure he doesn't come from that group at all. the other thing about shoigu it may be difficult to say but he is not an ethnic russian and oh -- in russian politics that counts. >> thank you so much we will see you in the next hour, thank you. let's have a quick look at your weather now. >> war memories wherever you go. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. >> the rest of the weekend will be hot with an increasing risk of thunderstorms but it has all changed on monday, it will feel freshe

at the plenary session, vladimir putin told. which see the new economy of russia and outlined specific measures, and today the country has successfully passed the period of unprecedented sanctions and retained its position as the most important participant in the global market, and in the main economic statements of president anna lazareva, russia has not deviated from the principles of economic development and has maintained stability in its economy and the position of the most important player in the global market. vladimir putin said this on the global market. now the most important task is to create a supply-side economy of change in the world. in all its spheres they wear cardinal deep and irreversible. that is what is important in these conditions, it is necessary to move only forward. and this means that we need a proactive economic policy that can be built and implemented in close conjunction with representatives of the business community and our entrepreneurs, in fact. we are talking about the transition to a qualitativ

vladimir putin.of confronting other russians with guns. >> we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west or to blame this on nato. we made clear that we were not involved, we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system. i also talked in length to president zelenskyy of ukraine. i told him that no matter what happened in russia, i say it again, no matter what happened in russia, we, the united states, who continue to support ukraine's defense and sovereignty and its territorial integrity. >> ukraine's president zelenskyy said this -- >> translator: today, the world saw that the bosses of russia do not control anything. nothing at all, complete chaos, complete absence of any predictable outcome. >> joining us now from ukraine is ali velshi, host of velshi on msnbc. ali, has ukraine been able to capitalize on, in any way, the chaos and the rebellion in russia? >> that's a good question. sort of. on one hand, they are sitting back and watching this, taking some gle

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight, how tenuous is vladimir putin's hold on power. ssian infighting mean for ukraine's counteroffensive. and what did the u.s. and western allies know in advance. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west and blame this on nato. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from kyiv, ukraine. i am ali velshi. and i am here because something unprecedented unfolded over the weekend. never in 23 years under putin's russia has this happened. thousands of armed soldiers, mercenaries, taking up arms against their own country. [inaudible] >> this was a scene inside russia today, explosions in cities, and a private army marching through the streets, vowing to take the fight all the way to the capital. those rebel forces previously allied with putin and the russian military, even leading many of the battles in ukraine, but then that ship suddenly violently ended. >> what exactly they were marching for remains unclear. the mercenaries, part of the wagner group, were organized at the behest of this man, yevgeny prigozhin. now, you may remember his name

vladimir putin lashing out.ank a bit more in that video message about prigozhin's actions calling a stab in the heart of our country. promising a harsh response. here in kyiv another having a bombardment. twenty russian missions fired. some thinking among officials here right now how the situation might help them in their current counteroffensive. online message zelenskyy said at i quote russia's weakness is obvious. full-scale weakness. the longer russia keeps his troops and mercenaries on our land for more chaos, pain and problems it will have for itself later. neil, including the white house world capitals are watching this very closely. maybe holding their collective breath. it is really too early for analysts to predict exactly how this is going to turn out. many think it is not going to be pretty, back to you. neil: thank you for that greg. we'll go to the white house were lucas tomlinson is. how they are handling it there in responding to it there, lucas? what's neil former u.s. ambassador to moscow micha

petersburg raised the tricolor and two other flags of our former state in different eras vladimir putinatched what was happening the results of the international economic forum. today it ended with contracts signed for several trillion rubles and everyone is discussing the culinary meeting and vladimir putin's speech on the development of russia and changes in the world. one of the decision-making centers of the ukrainian armed forces was destroyed in the ministry of defense told the details of the strike with precision weapons and our report on the combat the work of drone operators. there is such a profession that is taught in academies, universities and colleges. graduates across the country received diplomas. the length of the wire path is only a kilometer, but the significance is enormous in krasnodar, which opened up traffic along a new crossing, which will significantly reduce the black sea, and at the same time relieve traffic in the city. and let's start with the footage from st. petersburg , vladimir putin this afternoon took part in the ceremony of raising state flags near th

does yevgeny prigozhin have the power, does he represent a real threat to the power of vladimir putinbility and capacity to put down this threat. moscow is on pretty high alert and vladimir putin is exercising great control over cities along the border with ukraine but the longer impact beyond yevgeny prigozhin, are there others in russia's military, does this lead to russian military units deciding they are not going to fight against ukraine anymore? where this goes, my experience in russia, it never gets any better. i'm sure the intelligence community is tracking closely not even -- no longer vladimir putin asked plans and intentions but how the russian army, the ministry of defense, the security services, the svr, russia's military intelligence, how they are reacting, massive level of unrest for a country with a lot of nuclear weapons the just shipped nuclear weapons to belarus making the region less secure. pete: you have a sense of this head of the wegner group will comply with this arrest? will we see a showdown with vladimir putin's troops firing on his own reserves? >> reporte

take a listen. >> how does this impact vladimir putin? utin is perceived in the public eye? perhaps if there were any adversary still within putin's orbit waiting for a moment to strike, perhaps an opposition, figure somebody who wants to emerge to challenge, putin you, know he knows that this is a historic challenge to his rule as you said, it is different than political opposition, but how does this for example change putin's perception on those that may challenge his rule in the weeks months, maybe years ahead? >> well it has kept putin's regime so stable is that he is more paranoid, or -- then he tends to overestimate the ability of his political opponents to act against him. he has put his political point of them, prison he jailed an oligarch -- now almost 20 years ago and now he is jailed -- navalny, and most of his top activists the ones who didn't leave the country, so you know, to imagine that putin would have -- instability to just -- not he would allow prigozhin to live in belarus, which is not -- an independent country or to af

vladimir putin, the meeting will be celebrated as absolutely open. it is covered in detail in the media but on the visit of african leaders to kiev, at least 10 photos and videos in the african initiative for peace between russia and ukraine were listed by south african president cyril romofosa. yes, the escalation of the conflict of ending the war through diplomatic means while recognizing the sovereignty of countries according to the un charter with mutual security guarantees. but to let me remind you, for example, paragraph six of the grain deal, kiev and it does not fulfill its conditions. only a small part of the grain is sent to needy countries, namely countries in africa, the rest goes to the west, of course, but does not suit the european union. we would like to call for the opening of the movement of grains across the black sea so that any obstacles that currently exist are removed in order for grains and other commodities to enter the market. we must ensure that there is humanitarian support for those who need it, as well as for those who s

can zelenskyy take advantage of the chaos which is happening with vladimir putin? e of a stable russia, image of a stable putin who has a tight grip over the country, that no longer exists anymore. so, putin has shown his weakness on the world stage yesterday, the idea that one of the we just country is in europe, with belarus, with lukashenko. and one of the strongest countries in europe is made of russia and putin, that lukashenko had to make this deal, the belt, it is just preposterous. so russia looks extremely weak right now. the idea that the russian forces can still not get their act together, and really when this war for putin, they look weak on the world stage right now. and so ukraine has an opportunity to capitalize on this. and you can see the makings of ukraine moving forward now to do so. >> lieutenant general stephen 20, as always, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. >> good to be with you, jonathan. >> after the break, we will get official washington reaction to russia's armed rebellion, and how washington is addressing the new risk po

vladimir putin's speech at the plenary session of the st.conomic forum - this is not just a long tradition in its essence. this is a keynote speech, which is even compared with a message to the federal assembly, hence such attention from the audience, the hall begins to fill up a few hours before the president appears on the huge screen, meanwhile , the video preceding vladimir putin’s speech in 2022 showed that russia will be defeated on the battlefield. impossible to strangle sanctions is unrealistic. those who pack sanctions punish themselves playing by the rules of the west is over the game aries is actually the leitmotif current petersburg economic forum. last year, the president spoke about measures to support russian business. all of them have worked for today in the country a record low unemployment in recent history of three and three tenths of a percent. growth of gdp despite all the difficulties of the past year. we have not turned to the path of self-isolation. on the contrary, we have expanded contacts with reliable responsible