betrayal. he essentially called yevgeny prigozhin a traitor. the kremlin said that yevgeny prigozhin was going to have to go to exile into belarus. now we re learning that prigozhin was inside the kremlin with 35 other commanders just a couple days after that mutiny took place and the kremlin, jake, gave some details as to what was spoken about. they said that vladimir putin listened to what these commanders had to say. apparently they pledged allegiance to vladimir putin. there was one thinat caught our attention. i want to read you what was said. quote, the president gave an assessment of the actions of the campaign at the front during the military operations, essentially how the war was going, as well as events of june 24th, the mutiny orchestrated by yevgeny prigozhin. putin listened to the explanations provided by the commander and offered them options for deployment. there are some that believe that means the wagner military company could make a comeback to the battlefi
options for deployment. there are some that believe that means the wagner military company could make a comeback to the battlefield of ukraine. it s not clear what role yevgeny prigozhin would play in that. obviously he s still getting some facetime with vladimir putin. as the kremlin is putting out this information, prigozhin s whereabouts remain unclear? reporter: yeah. they remain unclear. we have heard he was in belarus. late last week the leader of belarus told our own matthew chen he was actually in st. pete petersburg, in russia. the belarusians showed a camp that could have been used, but that camp was empty. it s unclear whether prigozhin is in st. petersburg or in
is forgiven and they had this meeting and everything is fine? first of all, jake, you re right to be skeptical of what the kremlin says. clearly what has happened and what is being reported reflects a certain degree of weakness on putin s behalf and strength by prigozhin. the wagner group was the only successful unit in the last six months in ukraine. prigozhin and wagner are popular in russia and certainly on the hard right. it s the wagner group that has operations in several africa countries and in syria. prigozhin is not somebody that putin can cast aside or send into exile casually. at some point there will be more chapters to play out and it s
[ speaking in a non-english language ] the russians have old soviet weapons. they just throw a mass of metal at us. we can t overcome them this way. we need quality and precision. other recruits are rehearsing an assault jumping out of an old personnel carrier under the watchful eye of their sergeant. this man served in the soviet army and then drove a tractor before joining the ukrainian army a year ago. [ speaking in a non-english language ] he says nato should provide something newer than his old soviet work horse. it s as old as the two of us. i can believe it. reporter: he has simple advice, move fast and stay low. for nato, just move fast. the soldiers want nato to move fast in providing ukraine with
ukraine among republicans? i think what pence has to do is he has to prove he s running a principled campaign against donald trump. he has to be able to show that he s not going after culture war issues. he can t say i m more moderate on the culture wars, but talking about republican base issues. russia is an old republican base issue. that s the lane he s trying to carve out for himself. why is he running against his former running mate if he has no disagreement with him on policy? something else that came out, alyssa, that s surprising. the desantis ad attacking trump for being too nice and kind to lgbtq individuals, protecting their rights et cetera. bleeding heartland reports this households over the weeken it s thanking donald trump for standing up for lgbtrights. it calls him a trans gender