then you and then change topics. one thing you mentioned is, sorry, you said the united states will continue sorry, the united states will continue to impose costs on wagner or its successor. is there any indication right now that wagner is actually standing up a successor organization? i think i said or successor if any. we have noted the announcements by the ministry of defense that wagner forces are supposed to be absorbed into the ministry of defense. we don t have any assessment of what will happen to the wagner group, either in ukraine or elsewhere and the world, but whether it s wagner or whether it s a successor or any other organization that conducts the activities that wagner has conducted to destabilize those we will hold them accountable. i don t have any assessments at this time. there are media reports that the biden administration had intelligence about the mutiny, whatever you call it, since mid june. is that correct, and also if that s true, why didn
great question because to me it is so often it should be done. find out what s happening. don t rely on subordinates or other sources, go to the main source and what s going on. i remember when we were in the white house with the trump administration when covid was going on. we knew the security force of putin was having problems. and trump picked up the phone and passed it to them, to make sure the national security team is ok, and up and standing in good order. the same thing i would ask that milley does or the president does, where is his national security team, what s the team doing, what s med hef didn t et.
putin is set to make a number of statements tonight. this is via state tv, so we ll see if that s the case, whether or not we would see and hear from putin tonight. yeah, that s a big deal, the first time we hear about what happened and his indications of what might be next. we would like to bring in general keith kellogg, great perspective on this. i go back to the briefing, one, welcome to you. back to the briefing and john kirby keeps saying listen this is an internal russia matter, we are not going to weigh in on this. but tinstant of rush hour ths is an thing in russia. they missed the boat on two things, one, why hasn t mark milley used the shot line and called his counterpart in