telling russians in an address that it appears to have been recorded before this weekend s rebellion, that he remains confident in his plans and ukraine. tomorrow has been declared a non-working day in moscow. but banks and russia s stock exchange will be operating as normal. outside of russia s borders, including in the u.s., putin s grip on power appears to be weekend, if not eroding. he s been very strong for three decades. this is the first time the veneer of instability, he just seems to be the strongman. now he is viewed as weak. this moment of weakness for putin, whether temporary or more permanent, may present a moment of opportunity for ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and his military as they continue a counteroffensive against russia. britain s former army chief told sky news, mutiny is a moment of opportunity for ukraine. in washington, maine while, the white house says president biden reaffirmed his support for ukraine in a call with president zelensky
or, is it still an open question, it is a benefit to link a shank oh. i visited in 2013, 2014. the capital of belarus. met with fellow actions there. it was led by lukashenko at the time. as it is today. there was a lot less open dissent. what lukashenko was very clear about, his people were very clear about it, belarus did not want to be completely absorbed by russia. so, having someone like prigozhin under his control, it might give him a little bit of leverage a vis-à-vis putin. can evelyn, can vladimir putin reestablish authority and russia, if so how does, that look like? he has not lost authority, the fact that he has been publicly challenged certainly people will see that there is a change in his arm or. what we have seen, that he does not have absolute authority. people can challenge him publicly.
aircraft is hit by the turkish f-16s. turkey saying they crossed into their air space and over a five-minute period, ignored ten separate warnings. that s the turkish point of view here. taken out by f-16s. they then parachute down. you get a window of the brutality of this war. under laws of war, when they parachute out, they are to be allowed to parachute down to safety. but we ve seen so many videos we don t know the russian plane s target in this case but we know it will feed into the broader culture they are assisting the bashar al assad regime. when you hear the men on the ground say, take them alive, take them alive, they re probably hoping for prisoner swap or the leverage a russian pilot alive might possibly give them. this is such a brutal conflict. when you see images like that, you simply have to understand, it s a window into the brutal