how much impact do ou wegner group. how much impact do you think _ wegner group.how much impact j do you think bakhmut's meetings at the g7 and elsewhere will have on the war? it at the g7 and elsewhere will have on the war?— at the g7 and elsewhere will have on the war? it will have a ositive have on the war? it will have a positive effect _ have on the war? it will have a positive effect and _ have on the war? it will have a positive effect and if _ have on the war? it will have a positive effect and if it - have on the war? it will have a positive effect and if it is - positive effect and if it is the case that bakhmut has fallen the president will use that reality to push western leaders and perhaps other leaders and perhaps other leaders as well, including india, to push for more support. the western governments, represented at the g7 summit in hiroshima and other western leaders of other western countries have speeding up western countries have speeding up pledges of weapons most recently in pledging ukraine will get f—i6 fighterjets but volodomyr zelensky i

i presume that goes down to the troops, the wegner or the military.orale is low in the leadership is poor. you can build all the defenses you want, you command them you can get minefields, eventually someone has to take incoming fire a bunker and fight for it. if the ukrainians are able to concentrate and employ new western weapons properly, that i think they were able to do, somewhere they will breakthrough. that is my hunch. it will break down -- boil down to morale and the ukrainians have more morale. there will be a breakthrough somewhere at some point. how big it will be is. . another question i expect the ukrainians to get through somewhere. host: thank you very much indeed for joining us. now to the breaking news here the u.k.. british television presenter philip schofield has resigned, after acknowledging he had an affair with a younger male colleague at, this morning, the program he was presenting. he stepped down from presenting the british soap awards. he said he lied to -- about the relationship, saying it was unwise, but not illegal. with

stephanie: she has been writing a group on the -- writing a book on the wegner group. >> is a complex complex history and very complex ambitions. he served a 10 year sentence for violent crimes he committed in st. petersburg as a young man. he worked in hard labor camps. when he came out, he transformed himself into this mafia entrepreneur. stephanie: one of his first ventures was a catering company that fed the kremlin. he became known as putin's chef. with the internet research agency, a troll form that was instrumental in russia's interference in the 2016 u.s. election. prigozhin has now transformed into warlord, under the auspices of vladimir putin. he's used social media to accelerate his brand. video show him overseeing training sites. he appeals to new recruits with ultranationalist propaganda. >> sign up for wagner's group private company, world war iii is here. stephanie: he flaunts the coffins of dead ukrainian soldiers. he brazenly calls out russia's ministry of defense for the death of his fighters, hurling insults at the defense minister and chief of staff, and calling th

that claim has been backed up by the head of the wegner group, that the russian militia and pro-russiander sang a russian brigade lost more than a mile of occupied territory. he is serious, he says that territory's land he gained with the lives of 500 the rate of inflation slowing for the tenth straight month. consumer prices in april work for .9% higher than a year ago but that's under 5% the first time in nearly two years better than economists expected. for the second month in a row, the cost of groceries following. prices for fruit and vegetables, meat and eggs all down. from a month ago. we come back on this busy news night, the coast guard searching for missing plane off the west coast for that plane disappearing over the pacific. the tornado watch across several states right now we will time it out for you. efficient? i'm listening. well, with ibm, you can use software to help you connect and analyze data— from hvacs to elevators to lights. yep. and act on it. saving energy, money... ... and emissions. yup. that's a big one. now you've built something better for everyone. that's

one is for participation in wagoner�*s activities and across sub—saharan africa and wegner has been widelyhe united states, eu, uk, etc. they're committing tremendous amounts of human rights abuses and engaging in murder and illegal mining, logging, things of that nature, per dissipating and cools, the lot of it. being a part of that group is sanctionable. the other thing is that he is sourcing by the sanctions, sanctioned military equipment for the effort in ukraine through molly. and for military equipment and groups such as the sudanese groups that are fighting the sudanese government right now. basically, being involved in gun—running of the effect of trying to support the russian military effort, that is the thing that really got him sanctioned earlier today. do ou sanctioned earlier today. do you think — sanctioned earlier today. do you think the sections would have any impact on their activities in ukraine? wagoner, it is a big business. _ activities in ukraine? wagoner, it is a big business. they - activities in ukraine? wagoner, it is a big business. they have i it is a big busine

the handing over of the areas that the waggoner group, the very effective wegner group have done to thener. the wagner group is much more effective than the russian army. and there is an opportunity here for ukraine to use possibly try to counterattack. i'm not sure they going to try to do that because it will suck in an awful lot more troops, and it is a grinding style and ground type battle that just consumes grinding style and ground type battle thatjust consumes human bodies. it's known as the meat grinder. and we are talking about tiny amounts of territory. ukraine would say, ok, well, yeah, we didn't win this one, but we have bled the russian army of its best to troops, which is true. but the reason why wagner had been able to take that territory at that time is because they conscripted thousands of convicts from jails, the man you have just heard from there, the head of the wagner, he went to russian penal colonies, stood in the courtyards and said, right, here the deal, guys. we will let you off your sentence if you come and serve with us for six months. but, if you try to escap

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many have buyers remorse now that they invited wegner in atrk all. we can talk to in a more secure setting on our efforts there everything from countering disinformation to offering better options in terms of security et cetera to disrupting the supply chain of weapons in britain where work intensively also with other partners in the gold supply chain including uae with these problems for you are absolutely right. it's brought nothingso good to sudan he is stripmining the country of its golden future. >> to take either you or someone sitting in a classified setting having the situation the scope of the operations i saw facebook shutting down. one hundred plus accounts. they are working on so many differentw fronts that is so disturbing. i like to better understand look forward to that. funny ask you some final questions. i know they may fourth executive order on sudan issued by the president. there is also an executive order issued related to the conflict in ethiopia that was neverti fuy utilized. not a single ethiopian was designated on the executiv

in the 0-- bakhmut, russian forces, led by wegner, they have captured most of the city, although it islear what will happen with their campaign because there is a lot of infighting between wagner forces conceived russian military. the city might largely be taken over by russian regular forces. this is a transitional phase. they are anticipating a major ukrainian offensive in the coming weeks. that offensive will likely give ukraine back the initiative. the heart operation will go where it is going to be. whether there is one or several operations remains to be seen. i would think of it more as a series of operations that are likely to play out over the course of months rather than one specific event over several weeks. i hope that makes sense. host: we have heard tops about -- talks about this group this week. who are they? what is their connection to the russian army and vladimir putin? guest: it a complex not to untie. wagner started a couple of years ago as a mercenary group, had bold connections to the state. it is tied into the russian political leadership. wagner has been used ex

in the 0-- bakhmut, russian forces, led by wegner, they have captured most of the city, although it isar what will happen with their campaign because there is a lot of infighting between wagner forces conceived russian military. the city might largely be taken over by russian regular forces. this is a transitional phase. they are anticipating a major ukrainian offensive in the coming weeks. that offensive will likely give ukraine back the initiative. the heart operation will go where it is going to be. whether there is one or several operations remains to be seen. i would think of it more as a series of operations that are likely to play out over the course of months rather than one specific event over several weeks. i hope that makes sense. host: we have heard tops about -- talks about this group this week. who are they? what is their connection to the russian army and vladimir putin? guest: it a complex not to untie. wagner started a couple of years ago as a mercenary group, had bold connections to the state. it is tied into the russian political leadership. wagner has been used exce

in the 0-- bakhmut, russian forces, led by wegner, they have captured most of the city, although it is unclear what will happen with their campaign because there is a lot of infighting between wagner forces conceived russian military. the city might largely be taken over by russian regular forces. this is a transitional phase. they are anticipating a major ukrainian offensive in the coming weeks. that offensive will likely give ukraine back the initiative. the heart operation will go where it is going to be. whether there is one or several operations remains to be seen. i would think of it more as a series of operations that are likely to play out over the course of months rather than one specific event over several weeks. i hope that makes sense. host: we have heard tops about -- talks about this group this week. who are they? what is their connection to the russian army and vladimir putin? guest: it a complex not to untie. wagner started a couple of years ago as a mercenary group, had bold connections to the state. it is tied into the russian political leadership. wagner has been use