battlefield? >> it -- you know, on the surface it looks like prigozhin has lost the battle that he was having with sergei shogoi, the defense minister. this is what came to a head and erupted over the past couple of days. but, again, we just don't know the details of what's going down, what happens to shogeu out of all of this. prigozhin's forces are a necessary part of the fight in ukraine, but now because of the tensions with the russian forces do they really feel they're part of them, do they fight strongly beside them? there are tensions that exist on the battlefield that weaken the overall russian effort. will ukraine be able to exploit this? i keep saying there are so many unanswered questions. and the reality is that's where we stand right now. >> nic robertson, appreciate it. i want to get more now on the