ukraine, specifically because of the threat posed by nato, were invalid. and that's something he's going to really struggle to recover from, jim. >> that is a genie you can't put back in the bottle. question about vladimir putin. he was public in the midst of this, making a national address in which he accused prigozhin of treason. he's been largely invisible since. do we have any idea where he is? >> reporter: that's the other guy in this drama who's absent from the stage. you rightly point out there he was not only present, but he went on-air, on television, accusing prigozhin and his men of treason and treachery and saying they would face the full force of the law. now there has been this deal, we think, ostensibly negotiated by the belarusian president, that gets him off that hook. but we haven't heard from vladimir putin since he made