future of russia. among them what is prigozhin s next move, what concessions if any did he get to reverse course, and where is he today? this is treason. in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops. plus, what does vladimir putin s unprecedented admission of vulnerability in a national speech mean for his hold on power and on the war in ukraine? this is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that putin has written for himself and for russia. economically, militarily. his standing in the world. all of those things have plummeted. we ll have insight and analysis this hour from former cia director john brennan, former u.s. european command deputy steph twitty, a former top adviser to president zelenskyy in ukraine, and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner, who was briefed on prigozhin s plans in the days leading up to the weekend rebellion. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington, where pr
zelenskyy s former adviser igor november cough and the former deputy commander of u.s. european command, lieutenant general steph twitty. welcome to you both. igor it s good to see you. i know a lot has happened since we last spoke. president zelenskyy says russia is in complete chaos after the rebellion. how does president zelenskyy s inner circle view both the past few days and how they can try to take advantage of russian instability primarily in the military? well, from what i know, andrea, first and foremost the situation as director brennan said is highly dynamic. so the assessments are happening constantly. the situation was incredibly dangerous because any chaos in russia with the mining of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and given what s happened with the kakhovka water dam could have led to unpredictable circumstances.
future of russia. among them what is prigozhin s next move, what concessions if any did he get to reverse course, and where is he today? this is treason. in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops. plus, what does vladimir putin s unprecedented admission of vulnerability in a national speech mean for his hold on power and on the war in ukraine? this is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that putin has written for himself and for russia. economically, militarily. his standing in the world. all of those things have plummeted. we ll have insight and analysis this hour from former cia director john brennan, former u.s. european command deputy steph twitty, a former top adviser to president zelenskyy in ukraine, and senate
now, after prigozhin s antics he becomes a wild card that can be used by kremlin to do its bidding and to give kremlin plausible denieblt in any scandalous moves such as an attack on kyiv again or even an attack on a nato member. i think that situation should be monitored incredibly closely. that is such an important point, igor. thank you so much. lieutenant general steph twitty, igor novikov, thanks to both of you. and did the man known as putin s chef cook up more than his old boss could handle? a look at the man behind the weekend rebellion in russia, next. richard engel is up. this is andrea mitchell reports, only on msnbc. msnbc. see the difference? - no. i don t see the difference, do you? - well, that one s purple. - exactly! that s our premium. - what does that mean? - i think it means it costs more. - for the same coverage? - that s what makes it premium! - that doesn t make sense, does it? - no. but it is premium! - i d just go with consumer cellular.
now, there are certain benefits for the front line, for us to tray and kind of push harder against the russian defensive lines. but once again, the situation is dynamic. so no major disruption to russia s military efforts so far observed by us. general twitty, prigozhin called out putin s pretext for war, calling it deceit. listen to how residents in rostov-on-don reacted to prigozhin s arrival.