the last day or so has seen an extraordinary turn of events in russia. the russian president vladimir putin has survived an immediate threat to his power after the leader of the wagner mercenary group agreed to end his mutiny against the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin called off his wagner troops march to moscow late saturday night after negotiations with putin s ally and belarus leader alexander lukashenko. he also agreed to leave russia for belarus, and the kremlin has said it will not pursue punishment against him or wagnerfighters. but there are many questions unanswered about what s happened. to help unpack some of these i m joined now by a panel of experts. joining me live are vitaly shevchenko, who is from bbc monitoring, jade mcglynn is a researcher at the war studies department at king 5 college london. she s also the author of memory makers: the politics of the past in russia and russia 5 war. she joins us from oxfordshire. justin crump is a military veteran and
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soldiers. the biggest combat loss of president trump s term. a soldier who was among the first on the scene describing a vicious fire fight. standing back-to-back with nigerians holding off an attack from all sides. the troops were not ready for combat. arwa damon reporting they were not wearing jackets or helmets. they were wearing t-shirts and baseball caps. as for heavy weapons, just one machine gun and one defense official tells cnn the isis figers were heavily armed. we re also learning tonight that the u.s. unit became separated on the ground. arwa damon s source says he saw two of american soldiers dead by gun shot wounds in the backseat of their vehicle. another american soldier lying dead under a nearby brush. this is a very disturbing picture of american troops sent into harm s way with no warning from intelligence on the ground. as for the pentagon in a press briefing late today, it offered
recovered nearly 48 hours after his team was ambushed by 50 isis figers in what ended up in the greatest combat loss so far in president trump s presidency. three other u.s. soldiers were killed and there are still many unanswered questions about what went so wrong. barbara starr is outfront at the pentagon. sergeant johnson was found nearly a mile away from the central scene of the ambush according to four administration officials familiar with the early assessment. they all caution this is early picture and the investigation continues. the pentagon is still looking at the exact circumstances of how he became separated from his unit. the entire team led by green berets has been interviewed, officials say, about when they lost saw johnson.
breaking news. senator john mccain may seek a subpoena on the ambush in legionnaire to left four dead and others wounded. it doesn t matter that the department hasn t finished their own investigation. that s not how the system works. we are co-equal branches of government. why are there still no answers more than two weeks after the greatest combat loss in president trump s administration? barbara starr is out front. reporter: green berets were leading. 29 routine patrols over the last six months. this time, it was all out