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then you and then change topics. >> one thing you mentioned is, sorry, you said the united states will continue -- sorry, the united states will continue to impose costs on wagner or its successor. is there any indication right now that wagner is actually standing up a successor organization? >> i think i said or successor if any. we have noted the announcements by the ministry of defense that wagner forces are supposed to be absorbed into the ministry of defense. we don't have any assessment of what will happen to the wagner group, either in ukraine or elsewhere and the world, but w...

Monday we're still investigating what you did. later today the kremlin indicating that they need to take sometime to analyze what they do about wagner. >> we'll speak to the belarus opposition leader to see what she knows about where prigozhin is. you heard the state department perhaps in diplomatic understatement describing the situation in russia as remaining dynamic. i know you've been pushing sources throughout the last 24, 48 hours. what is our best understanding of the state of affairs in russia right now in the wake of this? >> reporter: the kremlin will try to slow things down. they pu...

Room, that the u.s. does not know where prigozhin is at this point. where do you think he could be? where do you think he may be headed? ultimately belarus as we've been told, what do you think? >> well, i'll tell you what he won't be doing. he won't be riding a tractor into the sunset. he won't be digging potato feeds in belarus, nor will he be going into the jungles of africa where wagner has operations. i think he'll re-emerge. given the way the russian military has performed, i think this rehabilitation might take place. we're getting reports that wagner is recruiting fighters. it's just r...

Speak to any intelligence matters, as i never do, from this podium. you didn't need a classified briefing to know there were tensions between yevgeny prigozhin and the russian ministry of defense. he's been quite open about those and they've been escalating for the last several months. with respect to american citizens in russia, separate and apart from this matter, we've been quite clear that any american citizens considering travel to russia should not do so and any american citizens in russia should depart immediately. anything else on this topic? go ahead. >> reporter: another media report...

Chair coaching about the offensive. that's up to president zelenskyy. they have what they need to succeed, whether training tools or equipment. you'll see another round of support from this administration for ukraine in terms of weapons and capabilities this week. we're focussed on that. >> reporter: just to make sure, kirby, that i understand, how much did the nsc know about the development of this wagner movement towards moscow before it started? >> as i mentioned to kelly, the tension between wagner and the russian military of defense was widely known. >> reporter: we didn't know it was rol...