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Because of its effectiveness. >> no question. so, the public story is that prigozhin peacefully ended his advance towards moscow, has taken a deal to go to belarus, and some of his forces are going to sign up with regular russian army units. and prigozhins going to live safely in belarus. do you buy that deal? >> well, jim, maybe i spend too much time in intelligence, but this whole thing -- this deal, to me, is kind of fishy. that all of a sudden prigozhin stopped, turned left, or turned back, ...

Shes got a point, and thats — and the point is this, thats exactly why we need to turn the table and get these local communities much more integrated in the decision—making, and thats precisely what we do with this africa adaptation acceleration program. local communities are at the heart of the solution. kenya, mukuru — the largest slum in nairobi. these — these citizens are basically living on the frontlines. they, again, came up with a plan and the financing is flowing to what their p...

I wonder if you think that the events of this weekend will change that, especially given that we dont know where these wagner fighters are going to go? >> it could, you know the wagner fighting force was the most effective component of russian forces in ukraine and so to the extent they are not engaged in the fight to -- the way that they were before, that reduces overall effectiveness of russian forces in ukraine. but even more than that, abby, you know, vladimir putin is more concerned, i woul...

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And other african countries. analysts saying the group is structure to help authoritarians conduct military operations without the typical government checks and balances that we typically see. which is why putin favors wagners existent. wagner casualties are not, official they are not on the books. they can be of emitted from official death counts which is good for internal pr. while the u.s. estimates, for instance, as much as 50,000 wagner casualties since december, just since december, putin ...

Effectiveness. so alicia taking all of this into account the balance of power in ukraine will shift in major ways when this private military contractor leaves the stage. >> richard, thank you. u.s. lawmakers reacted today to the ongoing conflict happening in russia, lets listen to some of the thoughts. >> there was no surprise that theres a long running tension between prigozhin and the leadership in the military. and look, wagner is well known for being brutal. what theyve done in central afric...

>> well, i take it seriously, certainly. he believes that happened. we havent been able to confirm this recent attack that he claims took place by russian forces against him, but it is a fact that theres been a pattern of behavior from the ministry of defense in supporting prigozhin which really got his ire up and you saw, you played a video that was demonstrative how he felt about things. he wasnt getting the munitions he seeded and the artillery that he needed to prosecute the fight. i believe...

But he and frankly other wagner insurgents and russian armed forces that either stayed on the sidelines or supported prigozhin, theres probably a purge that is likely to happen in the short term. >> what does the fought of russias war in ukraine look like without prigozhin and his mercenaries? werent they making some of th most effective gains, if you want the describe it that way, on behalf of russia? >> thats true. they were one of the more effective fighting forces. to the extent that there w...