menendez. we begin tonight with what comes next after this weekend. short-lived yet startling rebellion against russian president vladimir putin. saturday s march on led by the one-time protegee did a head blow to the strongman image. he still wages war on ukraine. today, we learned president biden spoke by phone with ukraine s president on the sudden instability in russia. the white house says president biden offered his, quote, unwavering support for ukraine s counteroffensive against ukraine. the revolt is the first serious threat to putin s power in decades. secretary of state anthony blinken today said could it could change the port of the democracy in ukraine. i think we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get their. certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. and we also confirmed that u.s. intelligence agencies knew in ad
prigozhin releasing this audio message, now the moment has come when blood may spell, that s why understanding the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides, we are turning back our convoys. early saturday the group seized the city of rostov on job, the southern military headquarters and key logistical hub for russia s war in ukraine. armored vehicles taking over the streets, wagner fighters on patrol. pulling out just hours ago. prigozhin s ruthless private army has been key to bolstering russia s regular forces in ukraine. especially in the symbolically important city of bucks moot which wagner says it finally captured in may. an estimated cost of tens of thousands of lives. but for months he s criticized russia s defense minister and the man in charge of the war in ukraine. the fight breaking into an open insurrection on friday. prigozhin claiming the defense minister ordered this attack on