is highly, highly dubious. what do you make of the fact that prigozhin was, it seemed, unopposed? as he made his way towards moscow? whatever support does he have, do you know, inside the russian military? and how integral is that what happens in the next couple of weeks, as we watch this thing play out? so, this was, in fact, probably a one shot deal or prigozhin s deal to conduct this kind of operation. the russian state will be better prepared for it. but, thus what prigozhin did, he was pretty successful in doing other kind of interaction that is private military corporation had been successful in africa, for instance. he sees seems surprised, to achieve his objectives in an area where russia has committed so heavily to ukraine, it only has paramilitary forces that are good for riot control,
war in ukraine. you know, how this relationship has deteriorated is quite remarkable. one thing that i think we will be looking at, particularly, from the u.s. intelligence community, what is the degree of loyalty within the russian military, still, to prigozhin? to the wagner group forces? who really were considered the vanguard, the finest fighting force, for russia, which doesn t say much, but for russia in ukraine. so, elements of this deal we re gonna figure out what s going on. in the days to come. let me ask you this, i know vladimir putin s circle, historically, has been impenetrable. especially, by cia case officers. there s a real opening here for gaining entry into that circle, if you want to gather intelligence on a russian president who seems very weak right about now. i imagine those conversations are happening inside intelligence circles. oh, yasmin, you re right.
and then he will try to get something out of some kind of negotiation. former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, thank you so much. great to talk to you, sir. thank you, yasmin. coming up, everybody. look more into the new reaction from ukrainian president zelenskyy to the russian mercenary rebelling, calling it quote unquote, complete chaos. we re gonna look at what the wagner group wants with ukraine, and how kyiv takes advantage of this chaos. coming up next. coming up next t. subaru and our retailers are there to help. by providing blankets for comfort and warmth and encouraging messages of hope to help support nearly three hundred thousand patients facing cancer nationwide. we call it “the subaru love promise.” and we re proud to be the largest automotive donor to the leukemia and lymphoma society. subaru. more than a car company. from big cities, to small towns, and on main streets across the us, you ll find pnc bank.
want to see is vladimir putin gone. they can rely on him for immense amounts of support, when it comes to countering the united states, for a vote on the security council. so, these guys have relationship, they rely on their own powers staying in place. it is not to their benefit to see somebody like putin go. they will be watching the situation very closely, especially given that they have a massive uprising in iran towards the end of the last year. very different what s happening here in russia. there was 25,000 armed troops going up against iran s supreme leader, or potentially, going up against him. the situations are also similar in many ways. and they rely on their own authoritarianism in both country. to prop one another up. ali arouzi, thank you for bringing that down. we appreciate it. i want to bring in now former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, to talk more about this. ambassador taylor, thanks for
a defensive place, on the back foot. winging it, unsure how to address it. we ll see where things go from here, yasmin. does not appear that many of these issues have been addressed. again, as i talked about the last hour with you, along with other guests as well, we haven t heard about the fate of gerasimov. we haven t heard about the fate of shoigu, the defense minister, either. that is specifically who prigozhin called out by name. i m wondering if you can tell me about some of the reports that i ve been hearing as the wagner group mercenary group advanced, there were not many people standing in the way. we re seeing reports that the russian military were standing by. and letting them pastor. is that what you are seeing as well? what does that say about the support for the current regime in russia in the war in ukraine? this is a great question. i think it says a lot. we have, of course, we ve been