now blown up to become a huge, huge issue for him. no question. does not appear to be over. also joining us retired army major john spencer. he s the chair of urban warfare studies at the madison policy forum. major spencer, good to have you on. i wonder, imagine yourself serving in the u.s. military. and a private army crosses the border, takes over a city with essential functions of running a war in ukraine, and then drives two-thirds of the way to the capital. there s a deal that supposedly defuses the situation. but then you have the president go on international division saying accused that group of mutiny and betraying the country. looking at that, is there any sign that the dispute is over for russia? no, absolutely not. and if i was a soldier, especially a russian soldier in ukraine, i d be very concerned, very worried, morale is already low and now they re getting
thank you one other yes, go on. one other thing, it was just interesting to hear vladimir putin finally express outrage that 12 of his airmen and pilots had been killed by wagner forces. this was arguably the biggest hit that the russian air force has taken in recent history so it was a bit puzzling as to why they were given amnesty just a few days ago. well, now, you saw the reaction that most have expected right then and there. yeah. you had in effect blue on blue. russians killing russians here. in what we saw with putin said it s largely glossed over. we ll be watching you on the lead at the top of the hour. you can stay with cnn on the latest developments on what we re covering this afternoon. the revolt in russia and these comments from vladimir putin.