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Rule. the very latest now from cnns sam kiley live from london. sam, were watching russia closely, ukraine, also events in belarus. any developments to indicate to us whats actually happening right now? >> reporter: well, jim, i think the most stunning development so far is an absence of any kind of news about the whereabouts of yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the wagner mercenary group. as you rightly point out there, he was in command of, although not present in, necessarily, a column of mili...

From the west. look at this london conference and the climate recovery of ukraine. billions and billions were lost. >> big day in ukraine tomorrow. >> it is. >> tell me more. >> some are saying weve been preparing for quite a while. well see how everything will go. >> as far as lukashenko is concerned, do you feel that the leaders of the wagner group, prigozhin going to his countrier has strengthened his position? >> i dont believe that prigozhin is that important, especially anymore. >> really?...

We hope that through the tries and attempts everywhere around the whole 1,000 kilometers, well find the weaker place. >> how concerned are you about prigozhin, the wagner leader, going into exile in belarus, to the north of your country, also suggesting nuclear weapons have been put in place by putin on the federation president? >> the nuclear threat is a real threat, not just for ukraine but everybody on this planet it. were worried about our own nuclear station. we have to be careful. i do not...

How they have approached this conflict or not, i dont know. but if they did want to play a constructive role that recognized the need to preserve ukraines territorial integrity and sovereignty, its a role they play. >> belarus, any direct contact between the united states and lukashenko or people in the regime? >> not that im aware of. >> relations with lukashenko are quite bad, how do you see the fact that prigozhin is going to belarus? >> i want to wait and see what actually happens, where pri...

She testified. well want to know more about what was happening with the secret service detail around former vice president mike pence. a lot of that is missing because of the secret service text messages that never got saved and handed over as the department of homeland security inspector general announced a year ago. theres so many details we want to get from the secret service. theres this big black hole about exactly what they knew. we know how close they were to the president that day. we kn...

Continue to not support russia with direct military assistance. we have made our concerns about potential support public in the past. we have not seen them take that step. they discussed that in their meetings. and whether it changes how theyve approached this conflict or not, i dont know. but if they did want to play a constructive role that recognized the need to preserve ukraines territorial integrity and sovereignty, its a role that we would welcome them playing. >> could i ask you about the...

Testified before that grand jury. the grand jury that will decide whether to indict the former president for his alleged role into the january 6th attack on the capitol. nbcs julia ainsley broke this story. julia, walk us through what youve learned and what it could mean for this investigation. >> we understand about five or six secret service agents were subpoenaed by the grand jury and they complied with that subpoena. theyve now appeared. what that means is as this grand jury continues to del...

Putin delivered a five-minute televised speech moments which his spokesman had claimed would change the course of Russian history

I think its worth keeping in mind that what weve seen the last 72 hours is not the kind of thing that occurs in annual army that believes its on a path to victory. it exposes not only the fragility of putins control, but also whats going on inside the military. if the report of shoigu being still on the job as defense minister is accurate, that clearly demonstrates that putin values loyalty over competence. in any other place, a guy like shoigu with all the vague yours in the production, the fac...

He is not particularly interested in disbanding his wagner group. now, he talked about the deal that was done and the way that president lukashenko of belarus helped make that deal happen. and one piece of that he says in this audio recording. he said lukashenko extended his hand and offered to find ways for wagner to continue its work legally. so you now have prigozhin in exile in belarus making statements, insisting he will be able to continue his militia, having just turned around from potent...