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and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general who's been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraine's initial counteroffensive backin ukraine's initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraine's relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraine's still there, still fighting, and yet he has been sacked. it's a move that will not go down particularly well with some parts of the militar...

enormous, and as a colleague, it's been incredible last eight plus years, and as a supporter, is a fan, it's been equally so. so we hope that that continues. as he said, we've got targets ahead of us and thatis we've got targets ahead of us and that is where our focus will be. indistinct question i think he will want to comment as well, but i think from an overall perspective, the decision that was taken at the time, number one, i think for pep and vito will want to get going in their managerial careers, and that's something that... you know, we understood as well. and obviously, if ...

u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, former nato supreme allied commander, james to read us, and cia analyst from congresswoman, elissa slotkin. later, my sunday exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. get her reflections on the one year anniversary of roe v. wade being overturned in the future of abortion rights in america. >> over just the last 48 hours, the yevgeny prigozhin a brutal shadow commander of mercenary forces staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power in russia. briefly taking control over rostov-on-don a key military logistics have on his way to march to...

now. our second hour star>> welcome . i'm yasmin vossoughian, if you just running, as welcome. if you're sticking with, us we're thankful for that. we have got a lot of developments in russia, as the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his mercenary group is turning back and abandoning's march towards moscow. he made that announcement after the president of belarus claimed he held talks with prigozhin. i want to bring in nbc's met -- in standing back and trying. this math, you heard this thing firsthand. talk us through what you heard from prigozhin, the revelation of t...

credibility and therefore, to be honest, i think the only advice is he's only way back... as has been suggested, the potentialfuture for him as an after—dinner speaker and he is a good speaker, a very good in that kind of environment. there may also be a role for him on television. alarm as a politician, i think frankly n0- _ alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks - alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks for - alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks for that. | alarm as a politician, i think - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical _ f...