department calling the situation in russia, trace, a dynamic situation saying it s a new thing to see president putin s leadership challenged and they do not know where prigozhin is and do not know what is going to happen to the wagner group in ukraine or africa. trace: i noticed some of the reporters were on to something, matthew miller was saying we don t take a position on internal russian matters and went on to say you know, anywhere wagner goes, death and destruction follow but he also said this is yellmy prigozhin has taken a significant step in opposing putin. seems they like the action that wagner made but frown on the group itself. what did you make of that? well, i think they are trying to make it clear that the united
territory. they are still taking and inflicting casualties. so whatever occurred in russia this past weekend did not change those facts. didn t change the facts for us, didn t change the facts for ukraine and are not going to change our continued support. what implications do you expect this episode to have on wagner s power and ability, both inside ukraine as a fighting force, can it continue and more broadly, a big footprint. where does wagner go from here? we don t know the answer to the question. it s too soon to know. we recognize that wagner has a presence in africa. we have worked to hold wagner accounted. they are listed as a trans