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Kremlin, that the russian forces were still standing firm. so it's not altogether apparent whether there was any ripple effect among the russian forces in the occupied parts of ukraine or not as a result of what was going in moscow. wolf? >> ben wedeman in zaporizhzhia in ukraine. stay safe over there. thank you very much. i want to bring in former cnn moscow bureau chief jill dougherty, retired lieutenant general mark hurtling, and russia expert dimitri alparavich. dim dimitri, how do you interp pet this stunning turnaround that we've seen the past couple of hours or so, wagner forces backi...

>> you're an expert in this whole area, dimitri. what do you think? >> i absolutely agree. the fact that prigozhin's armored column was able to reach 150 miles of moscow without the combined forces of the russian minutesview of defense, forces of the sfb and national guard being able to stop them is remarkable and indicates how weak the whole system has become. i mean, this is almost -- they've reached as far as hitler did in 1941 right on the outskirts of moscow. truly remarkable, and even after putin had declared that these traders have to be crushed, the russian military still was unable to...