president zelenskyy and ukrainian forces to use american weapons beyond the borders of ukraine. not all the way to moscow, as the president says, not an attack on the kremlin, but if there are defensive actions they need to take using american-supplied weapons that go inside the borders of russia in order to defend themselves against coming attacks, that that would be permitted. there has been a creep over the two plus years of the ukrainian war where the u.s. has hesitated to provide a certain type of munition, supply, or piece of equipment, or the rules of engagement, and then because of conditions on the ground and concern about how russia has been relentless in this assault on ukraine, that sort of line has moved at times. there was also very much a broad, supportive welcome for president zelenskyy at the d-day events from some of the veterans, who are certainly experienced in knowing what s on the line when you fight for your own existence, and at the same
Six Ukrainian citizens, former prisoners who were forcibly deported to Russia, are stuck in the neutral territory between the borders of Russia and Georgia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is assessing the situation.
such an important role across the african continent in the middle east propping up this regime or that regime. what becomes of them? does the russian presence simply become a more openly, more overtly neocolonial presence? what does that mean for the sometimes rickety piece that that has meant in very volatile parts of the world? these questions tonight unanswered. the point is that the collapse of that machine within a machine raises questions, erin, far beyond the borders of russia. melissa, thank you very much. i want to go outfront now to the russian investigative journalist, and author of the compatriots, the russian exiles who fought against the kremlin. it s always good to see you. you just saw melissa s reporting. the former wagner commander saying that prigozhin s insurrection was a mistake. he says fueled by battlefield frustrate by also by hubris. how do you see it? well, i think that prigozhin
can you speak to that? yeah, i will say, as i said a moment ago, this certainly was a new moment in if you think of the events of the last few years. as the secretary said, 16 months ago the russian federal and vladimir putin envisioned that russian forces would be taking kyiv and instead over the weekend we saw russian forces taking a russian ministry of defense office inside a russian city. we saw the entire pretext of this war being questioned openly, something we have done, something our allies and partners have done, something that you have not seen inside the borders of russia, in fact, you can be thrown in jail for taking that step as an ordinary citizen inside of russia. we saw yevgeny prigozhin directly questioning not just the ministry of defense officials as he s done for some time but really directly challenging president putin s leadership. those are all significant steps and a significant change from what we ve seen. certainly in the last 16 months, but over a number
the last few years. as the secretary said, 16 months ago the russian federation and vladimir putin envisioned russian forces would be taking kyiv. instead over the weekend we saw russian forces taking a russian ministry of defense office inside a russian city. we saw an entire pretext of this war being questioned openly, something we ve done, what our allies and partners have done, something we have not seen inside the borders of russia. in fact, you can be thrown in jail for taking that step as an ordinary step inside russia. we saw yevgeny prigozhin directly questioning not just the ministry of defense officials, as he s done for some time, but really directly challenging president putin s leadership. those are all significant steps and a significant change from what we ve seen certainly in the last 16 months, but over a number of years. what that means going forward, we don t know. vladimir putin, as you know him and as this administration knows him, tolerated this kind