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♪ ♪ turning back. a heavily armed mercenary leader calls off his assault on moscow. what does this attempted rebellion mean for russian stablity? >> this is a blow to russia, to our people. >> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and retired u.s. general david petraeus will be here. >> and russias weakness, after a blow to vladimir putins authority, ukraine sees potential opportunity. >> the man from the kremlin is obviously very afraid and probably hiding somewhere. >> as deba...

Putins grip in all of his 23 years leading russia, a nuclear power that stumbled badly in its unprovoked war in ukraine. >> want to go straight to moscow and cnn senior international correspondent and want to ask just about what youre seeing as our eyes and ears on the ground inside russia. >> well, i mean, its been remarkable because at the last minute of this deal was done to avert a crisis and as wagners forces were approaching within a couple of hundred miles or so from the outskirts of the ...

>> youre an expert in this whole area, dimitri. what do you think? >> i absolutely agree. the fact that prigozhins armored column was able to reach 150 miles of moscow without the combined forces of the russian minutesview of defense, forces of the sfb and national guard being able to stop them is remarkable and indicates how weak the whole system has become. i mean, this is almost -- theyve reached as far as hitler did in 1941 right on the outskirts of moscow. truly remarkable, and even after p...

Ukraine. >> british intelligence as the bulk of the fighting forces still about 18 miles north of the capital city of kyiv. they been slowed by resistance particularly with a fight they put up at the airport. that wouldve been a key point for russians where they could insert troops and resupply, but at the moment the ukrainian still hold onto that airport. we have overhead video of a strike on a russian armored column. it appears to be a drone strike. there was a lot of talk before the invasion ...

East, another russian armored column. artillery units can fire from the capital and crushing these russian tanks. now tucker, five cities around ukraine are still surrounded by russian forces, including, increasingly, the road to the capital were russian forces are setting their troops but it is worth saying that over two weeks since the russian invasion, the russians have failed to take the capital and president zelenskyy is still firmly in charge. tucker? >> tucker: lucas tomlinson from ukrain...