now. our second hour star welcome . i m yasmin vossoughian, if you just running, as welcome. if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. we have got a lot of developments in russia, as the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his mercenary group is turning back and abandoning s march towards moscow. he made that announcement after the president of belarus claimed he held talks with prigozhin. i want to bring in nbc s met in standing back and trying. this math, you heard this thing firsthand. talk us through what you heard from prigozhin, the revelation of this, quote unquote, deal. thank you, yasmin. obviously, very shocking development, after what has been, as we ve discussed, very astonishing 24 hours in russia. we had another audio message from prigozhin. he speaks very intensely, always, part of his charm, for lack of better word. we saw that again in this latest message, also a little bit taking a step back. he s admitting that he stepping down
the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for making
Wrong to conclude this is probably the most optimistic labour have been in a decade . In a decade . There is a kind of calm to it i would in a decade . There is a kind of calm to it i would say. In a decade . There is a kind of calm to it i would say. Its in a decade . There is a kind of calm to it i would say. Its my in a decade . There is a kind of calm to it i would say. Its my 21st to it i would say. Its my 21st labour to it i would say. Its my 21st Labour Conference. Ive got a few to compare Labour Conference. Ive got a few to compare it Labour Conference. Ive got a few to compare it to. It hasnt quite got the buzz compare it to. It hasnt quite got the buzz of compare it to. It hasnt quite got the buzz of 1996 and 1997 but it does the buzz of 1996 and 1997 but it does have that relaxed this right from does have that relaxed this right from the does have that relaxed this right from the top table down to delegates. They think theyre going into government. What we have seen over the
seeing these reports. interestingly, no video necessarily of that. today during the day, we saw a video out of rostov. that showed wagner troops in proximity of russian troops. they were not fighting. prigozhin himself claims that he took that military command in rostov without a fight. the entire, at every step along the way, from the moment a at the border, moved interest of, and continued on, they continue to make claims that they were seeing very little resistance from police, conscripts, just about everybody below the officer level. i think that speaks to what i was bringing up with the poor war military bloggers in this, for lack of better word right now, betrayed soldier narrative. in the lower ranks, the guys who are being sent to the front, there is sympathy for the things prigozhin is saying. he presents himself as this kind of nationalist every man who s been in the trenches. so, it would ve been interesting to see.