this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
little bit i don t think this was a rebellion directed toward putin. i think prigozhin sincerely and politically held to the narrative that i putin is making bad decisions it s because he s l informed and he was going to march with this man through all of russia. it is a medieval way inform putin so he would then fire the minister of defense and create order. he found himself, once he started shooting down russian army helicopters he found himself in a coup that he didn t need to start. it was a de facto coup, in that i think it allowed lukashenko to negotiate with him. i will agree with van, that this is the biggest opening that we have seen in the sense that we have been 23 years there s been one political actor in russia and that political actor is the person
whether this was directed specifically at putin or whether it was, as prigozhin himself would say, more directed at military top laughs, including short i sure you, no one has heard from since this all began. you seem certain that this is a man turning on his former patron. i want to be clear, nobody knows exactly what s happening. i don t think vladimir putin knows exactly what has happened. i don t think that prigozhin knows everything that just happened. he may have been testing to see whether other people joined with him. the fact that there is so much uncertainty, that is the point, i think the point is that putin has tried to create this or a invincibility. whether or not prigozhin actually thought that he was going to take power it doesn t matter. it shows the cracks of the facade. around the admissibility of putin. and that s why we re in a new state here where all the players and russia are no wondering, hey how, much control does putin have?
for your time and expertise as always. up, next they call him putin s chef. how did prigozhin go from a hotdog stand to try to march on moscow. that is next and it turns out that the u.s. may have known about prigozhin s plans before putin did and we ll have more on that. stay with us. with us voltaren. the joy of movement. [city ambience sounds] [car screech] [car door slam] [camera shutter sfx] introducing ned s plaque psoriasis. [camera shutter sfx] he thinks his flaky, red patches are all people see. otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. [ned?] it can help you get clearer skin and reduce itching and flaking. with no routine blood tests required. doctors have been prescribing
weak and russia is weak the thing that they want the most is for us to lose interest in ukraine and for russia to be able to wait us out and now we know that russia actually is on a smaller timetable and that putin is basically hanging on by a thread and he s no longer the strongest man in russia. a third world rate power in belarus had to negotiate a peace treaty for him and at the end of the day right now we actually don t know who is in charge of russia one of the arguments that we can all make to our republican friends who are being more hesitant about funding ukraine, we are doing very well. what we know right now is that ukraine is more in solidarity in terms of their sovereignty than russia so we need to do is double down. we need to give ukraine the weapons and the backing they need to finish this war. they will get their sovereignty back. at the same time defeat russia and potentially push putin out. those are two when winds at the same time and this argument that russia is a