in moscow. zelenskyy they re saying he doesn t believe the kremlin s claims that putin is staying in the russian capital. he goes on to say, in the longer he can run, between his bunkers, the more you will lose, you who are connected with russia. well. you can imagine, presently, the president of ukraine, is trying to speak to these frontline russian soldier saying, listen, your leaders are fighting amongst themselves, they re asking you to fight in these trenches. is this really something you want to be doing? quickly, we don t have a lot of time. prigozhin essentially saying, he s returning to his columns. when saying he was backing off. any word, any reporting, that he is returning to ukraine? that seems to be the implication. he says that his forces are returning to their bases, most of which are here in ukraine s. we don t know exactly which parts of the line these wagner troops who are marching towards moscow came off of. ukrainians, as you can imagine, would love to know
as you can imagine, their hope has been, with the russians apparently divided amongst themselves there might be an opening for ukrainian forces, mounting this counteroffensive, in the south and if the east. at this point, we don t have any firm evidence that ukrainians have been able to exploit these openings. they have made a lot of progress on the battlefield, in these confusing last 24 hours or so. we haven t heard from president zelenskyy since prigozhin said he was backing down. we did hear from him several times throughout the day. he was kind of taunting the russian leader, vladimir putin. he was also trying to speak directly to both the russian people and to russian soldiers. yasmin, as you know, zelenskyy is from the east of the country. russian it is native language. i want to read you a little bit of a statement he made earlier in russian. he said, the man from the kremlin, blood reboot, and is obviously very afraid and probably hiding somewhere, not showing himself. i am su
and elsewhere. and doing it in the most brutal possible fashion. we re talking about two very brutal characters here. it s hard to know who you would root for all of this. yeah, andrea mitchell for us, as always, my friend, thank you. of course, you can always watch andrea mitchell reports every monday through friday, noon eastern. right here on msnbc. still ahead, everybody, a live report from ukraine, on how officials are responding to the russian infighting that we have seen today. plus, how the u.s. and other allies could assist ukrainian troops, and what could be a crucial moment in that war. i m gonna speak to alexander mid men, former security with the u.s. security council, coming up. we re gonna be right back. right back. that s why herbal essences is packed with naturally derived plant ingredients you love, and none of the stuff you don t. our sulfate-free collections smell incredible.
world leaders closely watching the developments in russia, as putin saw what initially to seem to be his initial threat was power since taking office. i wanna bring and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, director of european affairs for the international security council. i don t any way to ukraine. thanks for joining us. not because of what s happening right now, but you had preplanned this trip. we appreciate you talking to us on your layover there. what is going on here? why would prigozhin take a deal like this? even though we don t know what is in the deal. considering the possible threat to his life now, concerning what has taken place over the last 24 hours? for having me on. we re not seeing the end of the story. certainly, prigozhin sophisticated enough to recognize that the he isolates himself in an area. he goes back to ukraine. he is objecting himself to
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