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>> announcer: closed captions brought to you by -- the breaking news were following right now. head of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin says hes turning his forces around from a march towards the russian capital of moscow. what does that really mean for the most significant challenge to vladimir putin during his 23 years in power? lets discuss wit former cnn moscow bureau chief along with the former cia chief of russian operations. jill, start with you. the kremlin says prigoshin h...

The kremlin wasnt able to answer him. where is prigoshin? he seems to be leaving the kremlin offering elaborate solutions how the day finally came to an end. in their statements they think yevgeny prigozhin is bound for belarus. interestingly, belaruss president stepped forward and russian state media suggested he played a role as intermediary getting yevgeny prigozhin to agree to stand down at the behest of vladimir putin. we also know that the wagner fighters involved in this particular march ...

Leighton both cnn military analysts. general clark, moscow was bracing for a potential wagner assault. no doubt about that. now the kremlin struck a deal with prigoshin. whats your reaction to these late-breaking developments? >> i agree with what was said. we dont have all the facts. missing facts. dont add up, number one, do we really know there was a rocket strike on prigoshins troops? dont really flow that. seen video but no evidence of that. we no tactical nuclear weapons supposedly moved i...

Yevgeny prigozhin his own suggestion 125 miles outside the outskirts of the capital city unimpeded, frankly, all that way. catching helicopter on that main highway, suddenly decides to change his mind and then, according to the kremlin now part of a deal where hall agreed to go to exile in belarus and be done with it all without facing prosecution. an utterly baffling turn of events here. vladimir putin began the day angrily denouncing and armed insurrection, blackmail, terrorist methods and now...

News. the chief of the wagner mercenary group pulling pack forces from their march to the russian capital. joining us now congresswoman elissa slotkin, vice chair of the submountain on intelligence and special operations. shes also a former cia analyst. congresswoman, thanks so much for joining us. whats your reaction to this truly stunning turn of events, this apparent deal struck for wagner forces to stop their advance on moscow? >> yeah. a lot of history going on in the last 48 hours. stunnin...

Exceptionally frail, and the fact he had to turn, it seems, to the belarusian president aleksandr lukashenko. a man he considers to be a subordinate, order around as a lesser ally to come in and engineer this sort of compromise, that gets prigoshin to stand down, that, in itself, humiliating. i think a lot of the time we like to feel that theres some sort of evidence behind the chaos in russia or the russian state is somehow in control of all the strings controlling a marionette on its stage, i ...

Operationally we know. weve known from the beginning of this ridiculous endeavor by putin that the russian military is not all that its cracked up to be. logistics. battlefield, you know, operations. air power. i mean, a lot of the things that many of us assumed this former superpower really had ability to do they showed quickly they didnt. they had to import a mercenary force to come fight in some of the most important frontline areas. theyre getting training and weapons from the iranians. i me...

Torturing a syrian prisoner with a sledgehammer and executing a wagner fighter who had defected in the same way. >> he used sledge hammers to maim and kill people. so he understands the value, the propaganda value of coming across as a brutal, almost uncivilized kind of person. thats another kind of power that i think the russian population certainly at least fears, and in some cases, almosts. >> one analyst says no matter how this high-stakes drama turns out in the end, at the very least, yevge...

Africas lucrative international resources. and its looking to get things in its pocket on votes of things that russia really cares about like syria and crimea. but mali, it will be interesting to see how it plays out because this is really the first time in africa weve seen a potential wagner, potential russian presence, really going toe to toe with potential western forces in the country. france has said a wagner presence there not compatible with its forces, so it will be interesting to see ho...

Intentionally put a stick in the eye of the west, but i think theyre there with their own goals. its expanding russias influence in the continent. its projecting great power and looking to get access to africas lucrative international resources. its getting those countries in its pocket on votes and things like russia really cares about like syria and crimea. but mali, it will be interesting to see how it plays out because this is really the first time in africa weve seen a potential wagner, pot...