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Context of a wider power struggle inside the kremlin. beside the competing views about that notation function. essentially they are trying to get competent personnel. ideologically, apathetic. once that is a difficult circle to square. trying to use phone as an entity to create those motivated personnel. to make sure they are in the command of the ministry of defense is. something the ministry of defence wont. and if theyve achieved that, at least pleased. >> they are just brutes? >> lot of thei...

Prigozhin increasingly was taking aim at the russian military high command. particularly under the -- he was saying they were hanging the forces to. dry they werent providing with ammunition or cover. threatening all kinds of things towards russian military on command. now the way putin has set up the regime, hes had this kind of competing and corrupt the thumb. prigozhin is corrupt. there are other war lords. their provincial leaders. but we have not seen thus far is somebody standing up from w...

Sergey Shoygu meets with commanders of West group of forces.

They said they killed or wounded or captured an entire battalion, though they did not give exact numbers. it was a limited tactical success. the much anticipated counter offensive has yet to hit its stride. i am ben wedeman reporting. >> video and images of a russian aircraft shotdown by the wagner group is circulating on social media. this type of plane is sometimes used as an airborne command and communication center. the cause of the crash is not clear but footage shows it was hit by a missil...

Rule. the very latest now from cnns sam kiley live from london. sam, were watching russia closely, ukraine, also events in belarus. any developments to indicate to us whats actually happening right now? >> reporter: well, jim, i think the most stunning development so far is an absence of any kind of news about the whereabouts of yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the wagner mercenary group. as you rightly point out there, he was in command of, although not present in, necessarily, a column of mili...

Going out, it certainly definitely immediately is up there. what i think is amazing for someone like elton john, you can imagine your last ever uk gig, you want to control all the elements, you want to be in command of how the lights go. he didnt do that. a lot of people who bought the tickets for that set wouldnt know he was playing when he playing for them. theres so many variables. it could have raineded. thats a testament to a great artist. he took a gamble. >> the highlights for me personal...

Like it will raise real questions about the control over his own government so he has to act properly it the new term to instill greater discipline within his regime that i think that will require him to probably impose some sort of punishment on prigozhin —— putinesque like. sort of punishment on prigozhin -- putinesque like.— -- putinesque like. amid all of this instability _ -- putinesque like. amid all of this instability that _ -- putinesque like. amid all of this instability that we ...

Long-term daca to putin in russia. we will have so see what the long-term implications will be. >> bret: reports were they knew about turbulence between the two but did not an at this time pate this move. yet, it was very well planned. tanks on flatbeds moving up. they knew exactly where they were going. they were drefntly treated well. did they get cold feet? do you think overtures were made? russian military has no love for prigozhin or for wagner whatsoever. there was real personal rivalry th...

Somewhere he can be kept under control. separating him from a lot of his infrastructure. >> what does it mean for his troops? >> difficult to tell. in a process of the russian setting up. not just talking about other pmcs over the last few months. trying to get the same effect. these professional troops without having any more concentrated under one persons command. question then becomes whether the existing wagner forces are going to be broken, up distributed to other units or whether they are ...

Russia is missing opportunity costs by pulling front line fighters out, burning up resources, even gasoline driving north all wasting time and space. but above all, jonathan, to conclude, just the crushing morale factor here. everybody in the russian security chain, everybody in that chain of command is looking over their shoulder, concerned about their position, whats going on for them. thats no way to go into battle. thats a big uplift for ukrainians. for kyiv. >> four star retired navy admira...