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The russian forces on the defense, are only going to get stronger. theyre only going to get more centralized if things work out for putin. so this may be the time to take that calculated risk, and push those forces through that very, very tough defensive line. >> lets see if they do. rostov, this area, as you know is, a major transportation hub for the russian military right now. so what does it mean for russian forces in ukraine, if that city remains in the hands of the wagner mercenary group? ...

Mr. putin, in moscow. but it is also a big problem for mr. putins army in ukraine. because now the soldiers fighting in the south, when they look over their shoulder, to wear their support, and their command in control comes from, it has been taken over by mr. prigozhins troops. so moscows troops are no longer in charge of the area that supplies the fight in southern ukraine. nor the commanding control of those forces in southern ukraine. >> well general, youre talking about the timeline there, ...

Watched many addresses from him. he seemed off kilter. he seemed nervous. he didnt seem like the confident let repetition that we have come to know, which might speak to where he is right now. psychologically. considering this most recent revolt. >> absolutely. there are reports, and we have not confirmed this, reports of potential changes in the military leadership within the kremlin. to try to placate prigozhin. something persuaded prigozhin to back down. whatever that was, it couldve been som...

Area for vladimir putin throughout his invasion of ukraine. rostov-on-don is located 60 miles from the ukrainian border. one of the main staging areas for russias invasion. in fact, russia southern military district command from which a lot of the invasion has taken place, is based there. it also houses the command center for the russian joint groups forces. prigozhin has vowed to lead his troops to moscow. those are his words. right now, reports indicate the wagner force is moving north towards...

Rapid and dramatic than anyone could have expected. theyre hoping this is going to have the divisions are going to have a ripple effect on the front lines. the lack of clarity around the situation in moscow is going have an effect on among the troops. at this point, it is hard to say. we spoke to troops on the front line. and they said that despite all of the news coming out of moscow and with the control by prigozhin of basically in command and control center. russian troops were still resistin...

That is not happy with the way that the war has been waged. theyre not against the war, there against russia losing the war, and theyre embarrassed that russia has not successfully won this fight. -- >> matt thats a very, very important -- for viewers who are watching this thinking, half, funnily someones taking on vladimir putin and maybe this war will and that is nots for goshens goal,. he is not, he would also, hes been prosecuting the war against ukraine. >> correct, correct. the actual, the...

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Going to work through this with you over the course of the next couple of hours. joining me now live from kyiv is nbc news court -- kellet kobe asia. kelly, this has been a fast moving, fast developing story with parts that are very, very hard to confirm. a lot of it is playing out on social media. this may come as a surprise to most of us. we know that there is been tension between prigozhin and shoigu and the russian administration. this has escalated way beyond that. >> thats right, i mean, w...

Free-floating electron. hes all over the place. what youre talking about with prigozhin and schoygu, neither are professional military men. they have not grown up in the military. theyre play acting in this. they have not subjugated their forces to the security of russia. they have forces that are pledged to them. its phenomenal. i was thinking as i was watching the film, some of which youre showing right now, the soldiers that are walking around as part of the wagner group under prigozhins comm...

Government, in effect, putting prigozhin under the control and command of the minister of defense shoigu. sho they cant stand each other. neither one are soldiers. they see thing from a very different perspective. prigozhin is out after power. as we talked the last hour, hes looking to be his own personal war lord with no ideology. shoigu is attempting to make as much money and grip as he can and hes been doing it ten years. they hate each other. so this was an attempt by prigozhin to make putin...