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That is rather confusing. he also detailed a fascinating meeting that was held five days after this mutiny at the kremlin on june 29th in which 35 wagner commanders were invited to sit with putin. putin said wed like you to keep fighting under your current commander. according to putin, these commanders nodded in affirmation, essentially saying they would like to. but then prigozhin spoke up and said, no, the guys do not agree. so open defiance by prigozhin of putin. its not clear what happened ...

It simply does not exist. the group exists but legally it does not exist. which of course is rather confusing. putin then goes on to detail rema remarkables, he attended with three dozen of his commanders. putin told the men they could keep fighting under their current commander. when they started nodding to putin, thats when prigozhin spoke up and said no, they dont agree with this decision. meanwhile, here in ukraine, the counteroffensive is continuing, making some progress according to ukrain...

Several key trump white house officials have testified before the grand jury including hope hicks who testified early last month. overseas now, some curious comments from russian president vladimir putin adding to the mystery over the fate of the mercenary fighters that staged the failed insurrection on moscow last month. putin now says that the wagner group simply doesnt exist. salma abdelaziz is live in london with more. what does that mean? >> reporter: an eyebrow raising statement. and thi...

Own commanders, sign name gray man, that the 35 commanders were nodding that they dont agree to prigozhin. and president putin responding to the reporters question asking about the future of wagner, president putin simply responded they do not exist. well, they exi we dont have legal frameworks to allow for a private army. im paraphrasing here. but president putin seeming to split hairs and tell of this event where he was trying maybe to divide the wagner group. what do we know of their future? ...

In a new interview released today, putin pro claimed, ke do n w -- putin is referencing russias law against mercenary groups, but also stating a new reality. wagner, as it has existed in ukraine as a fighting force could be done. and prigozhin, once called putins chef, may be split from his men. >> we really dont know what the future of wagner is going to be here, whether its in ukraine or anywhere else around the world. we know that they are still conducting malicious activities, particularly i...

Warfare, this is the lack of counter battery combat, absence ofrecognizance oig stations. >> reporter: pretty jarring to hear. we know russia has tried to cover the scale of their losses in this war. and he says according to the audio message that this was seen by the senior commanders as a threat and they dismissed him, an action that he describes as treacherously decapitating the army at the most difficult and tense moment of course referring to the counteroffensive. this clearly speaks to a l...

Dangerous occupation, indeed, and on top of that, the commander of the 58th brigade, ivan popov, who is also a general, who was removed from his post he says, by what he said was the treacherous activities of the commanders behind him, namely general gerasimov, the head of the russian armed forces and shoigu sergi. what were seeing here is a first time public statement or a statement made public by a russian general indicating the stresses within the russian armed forces during this very aggress...

The sort of epitome of order, in fact, it looks increasingly like its in disarray. this is how the russian defense ministry wants to portray its army, well trained, equipped and effective. but the reality looks increasingly chaotic with the recently battlefield death of one top general. now another saying hes been fired for telling the truth about the dire situation on the front line. >> translator: now it is possible to confidently say that an order was issued and i was removed from my post. >>...

To him that these former secretaries of defense had signed this letter saying this is hurting. he said, well, theyre not elected -- theyre just nominees. he is an elected official, elected by the people of alabama. what he also didnt say is hes never been in the military before. i believe his father was, which he is understandably very proud of. but he has not served and yet he is telling these former secretaries of defense they dont know what theyre talking about. >> he is also telling all the ...

As ivan popov was making. he is speaking from inside russias top brass again about their misconduct and poor execution of this war. and he spoke out and lost his job very fast. this is another sign of the disarray we saw spilling out after the wagner rebellion. and it comes in a really odd 48 hours for russias top brass where weve seen high-profile assassinations deep inside russia, key commanders killed by missile strikes, and now this extraordinary dissent from popov. heres what we know. >> re...