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very little pushback, anita. he's taken over the main military headquarters demanding to see the russian defense chief and the head of the military. of but the other front that we're watching closely is it seems that he has sent about 5,000 of his mercenary members up the highway towards moscow, could be within about 200 miles. not much resistance either from the russian military inside russia, but we knew that the kremlin is on high alert, sort of a counterterrorism regime. vladimir putin, of course, has been lashing out how. many a video earlier today, he said that prigozhin's acti...

Putin who obviously is perceived as weak at this moment if many terms of the world view? >> it's not a time for biden to be aggressive against putin, it's a time for biden to be aggressive in support of ukraine. that's the way we need to look at it going forward. i mean, what you have is what's happened with the wagner group is, look, they've been complaining about the fact that they haven't had ammunition, equipment, they don't feel like the soldiers have been treated properly, and putin didn't respond. you're not going to see the russian people quick to go and, you know, go against putin or ...

Milley has canceled his trip ireland -- i'm sorry, to israel and jordan due to the situation going on in russia. so apparently the white house is a taking this very seriously. what do you want to the hear from the white house? what would give you a sense of comfort? what sort of statement from the white house do you want to hear? >> well, it would be nice to actually hear from the commander in chief. having the secretary of state convene a group of european foreign ministers isn't exactly a shining show of strength. and i think if the commander and chief came out and said that, you know, that ...

Chairman xi going to the make a move to prop up his buddy, putin sentence if so, what is the -- putin? if so, what is the west going to do about it? this is, ultimately, a european war, and i think we need to see a lot more leadership out of the european members, particularly the members of the g7 who have economies that are of tremendous size and resources, and and they are the ones who are the tip of the spear on this because it's in their backyard. anita: uh-huh. the united states certainly has a lot of resources poured into that country though. also, you know, given what's been going on wi...

Don't have the come a bat power to go in there even if they wanted to because all of their supplies come from the ministry of defense. all they have to do is withhold it, and i don't think they could ever force their way into moscow. i don't think putin would allow that. griff: you mentioned the demands, if it's important to the highlight that. so pri goanses' demands of the -- prigozhin's demands of the russian military leaders was that they launch an attack somewhere in the rear of the wagner group troops. that seems to be a sort of straw that broke the camel's back in terms of his frustrati...