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Is -- it started off as, were not sure that this is over yet, and it developed into their other members of the russian military who are quite sympathetic to prigozhin and asking, you know, there are many officials asking the question of how -- why is it, just as you quoted mike mcfaul saying, why was he able to zoom up to moscow without anybody trying to stop him, and so once we got that, we started asking, focusing sort of our reporting on that question of are there other generals, other member...

Russia fears, what russia watchers fear that vladimir putin embarrassed by the wagner groups march to moscow will escalate brutality in ukraine, especially with news that one of his top russian generals may have known about yevgeny prigozhins plans, according to reporting from the "new york times." joining me now from ukraine is raf sanchez. no sirens, no warning, how unusual is an attack that doesnt trigger the warning signs? >> reporter: well, katy, ukrainian officials are saying it is not a c...

One but 14 senior russian military officers. "prigozhin is not an independent person," he tells me. "he is owned by high-ranking people in president putins inner circle." so prigozhin does have support in the high-strength of the russian military? "they are his owners," he says. "this is a group of people who had a goal to change the leadership of russia." many analysts say president putin has been weakened by this revolt. "even if he executes the generals who have some sort of part in the mutin...

This through. bet there are also other big questions like what happens to wagner now, what happens to prigozhins other assets. and in light of all that, it certainly seems that visit to dagestan was extremely important for vladimir putin today to show that hes still holding the reins and also to show that the people there still like him as well. heres what were seeing. russias president trying to show hes in full control, cheered on by crowds in dagestan. >> translator: i had no doubts about the...

>> we have looked into -- or we are i should say looking into reports of the arrest that you mentioned. cnn is working to confirm them. obviously we will bring that news as it comes out. but should we anticipate a purge by putin of some of his top officials, especially if he considers them threats? >> that could be a course of action, boris. but truthfully i think theres a problem with that because russia is currently in a defensive state. they have their defensive operations ongoing against an ...

Of the joint chiefs of staff. you have another guy that hasnt been mentioned all that much, a guy named zolotov, whos the russian national guard commander whos a kremlin insider. all throwing out these rumors of how bad things are. but ive got to tell you, boris, this is more of an understanding that russian military and their government is a proverbial nesting doll of dysfunction. but it has gone on steroids right now in terms of all the craziness thats happening. and yes, putin is weakened by ...

To save the army. and putin trusted him, and he ordered to leave the town. despite all this political consequences of this withdrawal. so, surovikin was praised as someone who saved the russian army against complete annihilation by the ukrainian forces. that is why he was trusted by putin. but now putin, of course, he understands the biggest problem posed by prigozhins mutiny is not prigozhin himself but the reaction of the army. and if people like surovikin. so he needs to teach a lesson. at th...

Preoccupied, both the russian military and security services, you know, with kind of all of this mess back home, thats good for ukraine. so president biden is absolutely correct. >> as we look at that "new york times" report that a russian general knew about prigozhins plans, the times is pointing out it is prompting questions about what kind of support the mercenary leader actually had inside the top ranks. and earlier today, retired admiral, james stavridis told msnbc that putin has come out o...

Group cant go control mines, for examplample, africa, of the critical minerals that we need for a congressman. forgi right. forgive me for interrupting you, butfo where is he? where is he? yeah. where? i mean i this is. >> he was pals with putin, a and the russians arere good at disinformation. pu where is this guy? and putin doesnt let anybody live. i mean, hes killed own family membern doesnt s. so where is this guy? so this is whats so unclear. goine going to use this uprising as as an excuse...

Trump tried to pressure mike pence to disrupt the vote, that that meant the -- that meets the elements of the federal crime of attempted obstruction of an official proceeding. 2,000 people charged with the violence of january 6th. so far none of the generals charged for the threat to our democracy. >> paul butler, thank you. ryan reilly, vaughn hillyard, thank you, guys, as well. were back in just 60 seconds, folks. a lot of show ahead. what a defiant putin is saying this morning about the reb...