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Has of completely eliminating any critics whatsoever. so its hard to see this in any way other than putin lost credibility, his reputation as a strong man has been seriously dented. >> yeah, yeah, indeed. ivan, thanks as always. ivan watson there in hong kong. all right, lets take a closer look at the role belarus played in all of this. im joined by cnns abdella aziz in london. >> first of all, theres a lot we dont know. we know a deal was struck, of course. we saw those images of prigozhin le...

Putin? >> i think that the lasting damage to putin is that many members of the elite and of the population saw the incompetence that the system is absolutely unprepared for a group of armed men to march into 1 million city and seizing the very important command in rostov-on-don which also has a tactical nuclear dimension. thats definitely bad. but i think putin will work overtime now to dismantle this image, to present himself as being back in charge and also to reshuffle his personnel. >> yeah,...

Internet research agencies, the troll farm, which was caught interfering in elections. hes got lots of capabilities disposal, its not clear who will take charge of those elements. i also find it hard to believe that prigozhin wagner troops are going to fold themselves into the russian military and fight as one unified body. i think this really speaks to the future of the ukraine fights. what will it be like when you have such a break in the unity of command? when you dont have properly resourced...

Does putin escalate in ukraine, for example, to show that he has control and that he is a strong man. and is he trying to consolidate power further after this very dramatic move by prigozhin. obviously, u.s. officials are also watching what prigozhin does. is he really going to go into exile in belarus? is he going to agree to stay out of wagner group? has wagner group actually been disbanded or is it going to be rolled into the russian military and wagner forces told by prigozhin for quite some...

Private military company from his exile, if you will, in belarus? all these things are things that have not yet played out. yesterday there was a very late phone call by the kremlin with dmitry peskov where he laid only of this out. he didnt have the answers to many of the questions. obviously, all off this is still very fresh. one of the things that nic said, this was a big challenge for vladimir putin. i dont think that vladimir putin necessarily came out of this a lot weaker than he was befor...

The person who could balance the power of the oligarchs in the country. that clearly is no longer true. we have known that his sort of supreme military planning skills have fallen apart over the past year and a half in ukraine and here to have this massive dissent on russia streets, a huge military armed force essentially coming to take battle with his own army, again just shows weakness and also shows the weakness within the military. the structures within the military are riddled with private ...

Them going in just north of bakhmut, its been reassessed by uk defense intelligence put out today. free access north of bakhmut, one going down south of the donetsk, moving into the boundary between donetsk and zaporizhzhia oblasts. then the other one is going down to zaporizhzhia down towards talkback, and whats with that if they were successful, splitting the land bridge that so important for russia, from crimea helping to russia. thats the tactical level. on the operational level, ukraine has...

Military little take years the lack of competency displayed on the battlefield is something he was wailing about. you know full well the people in russia as a result of the economy that is in decline are suffering. russia is more isolated internationally as a result of this. finally we have putin himself here. supposedly a strong man cuts a deal with a leader who betrayed his country and conducted an armed insurrection and was closing in on moscow. cuts a deal with him and gives him freedom in a...

Recognizance enforce trying to find seems and trying to find areas that they could break through and then to commit their main forces. we still have seen only a very small number of the new nine or so western equipped armored big aids. and then when they do that, to combine tanks with infantry and with air defense and with engineers and artillery and drones out over the enemy and good command and control and logistics right up behind them and follow on forces ready to exploit the opportunities t...

All of this, thank you for coming back. prigozhin not really close to moscow, and very quickly. then, just turned around and ended his rebellion. it was history added? she or did his rebellion backfire? >> im very dubious there was a great deal of strategy involved here. it all feels very game of thrones to me. and, one thing that you learn watching that serious, if you try to kill the king, and you fail, you are subject to the king. and, i think, you have ghani prigozhin is in for a precarious ...