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Seemed very, very weakened as a result of the coup. fast forward two months, what do we see? the counteroffensive seems to be stuck, russian forces aren't going anywhere, putin seems to have emerged, again, very much in control. >> general spider marks, thank you. jill dougherty, thanks to you as well. much more ahead on the breaking story out of russia. up next, live to georgia for all the rapid-fire developments in the georgia election subversion case today, including new rulings rejecting efforts by two trump codefendants to avoid arrest. stay with us, you're in "the situation room."

Allies need to keep those communication lines open with ukrainian leadership and say, look, keep doing what you're doing, fight the plan, don't get distracted, don't assume the russians are going to turn away. do not underestimate your enemy. stay to the plan, stick to plan until the enemy, the russians give you some opportunity to exploit. stay on course. >> general spider marks, great to have you today, thank you so much. >> thank you, brianna. >> boris? u.s. intelligence analysts were surprised there wasn't more bloodshed as wagner troops marched inside russia. we are going to break down ...

From their march on moscow. potentially ending what appeared to be a possible coup attempt. officials in belarus claim their president had reached a deal with the wagner boss to halt his troops. prigozhin says his private army had seized control of russian military facilities in two critical cities. 700 miles south of moscow and a city about the laugh way point on the -- halfway point on the road to moscow. vladimir putin called the actions by prigozhin a betrayal and a stab in the back to the russian people and warned those who follow prigozhin will pay a price. christiane, both confusing, co...

Counteroffensive in the works. >> yeah. very significant indeed. jim sciutto, thank you so much. let's bring in our military analyst now, general spider marks. a u.s. official tells cnn russia likely did damage the patriot air defense missile system near kyiv. how much of a setback is that potentially for ukraine? >> well, it's a setback, of course, because it's a great piece of equipment. and as jim described, it's integrated into a more fulsome kind of body of air defense capabilities that the ukrainians have been employing frankly quite well since the beginning of this conflict. so it's a...

Ukraine can possibly go to some type of a negotiating -- negotiation from an improved position. so this is a give and take that zelenskyy's going to have with his military leaders. they will speak truth about what's taking place on the ground, the successes they're having, but the real challenges of beating back the large numbers that the russians are providing in terms of support at the tactical level of engagement. >> ambassador gary locke, general spider marks, thank you to you both. treasury secretary janet yellen is looking to boost confidence and calm fears about the u.s. banking system....