crucial now because hamas is losing north mouls power and capacity and it s in the best wang. so it s going to rely on its support and that s probably what it was-and-a-half good faithing and negotiating when he died. we have been hearing that the biden administration didn t necessarily have advanced notice here. i want to play for you something from retired general mark hurtling who was on last night and had this to say about the strike. this is the kind of thing that the biden administration has been worried about. they have been trying to repress any kind of expansion of this conflict and this strike in beirut against the hamas leader is not going to help that at all. what does this say about this relationship right now? yeah, so that s when we get to the others it has positive
iranian proxies. attack u.s. forces in iraq and syria. go after u.s. vessels in the red sea with the houthis there from yemen. attack israel. all possibilities that we have to watch out for and that the u.s. is watching out for. now as you note, israel hasn t officially taken responsibility for the killing in beirut. israeli officials have been a bit coy pointing to this tweet from the israeli former ambassador to the u.n. he said on twitter, i congratulate the idf security forces for killing the senior official in beirut. anyone who was involved in the massacre, erica, pretty clear there. it s also worth remembering that netanyahu promised israel would go after hamas leaders wherever they are. that s for sure. appreciate the reporting. thank you. outfront now, mark hurtling. good to see you tonight. so let s pick up there where we
legal activities. there is no legal capabilities for these wagner fighters and what we re hearing from open source intel is that wagner is now determining where is their next strategy. is it still in ukraine, it doesn t appear to be. is it in training belarusians or is it focusing on their actions in africa where they have been for several years. to answer your question, does this concern the ukrainians? it did afew weeks ago. president zelenskyy gave orders to the general to ensure that there was a defensive capability that that northern border. but given the numbers of wagner s forces that are there and given the incapability of the belarusian soilds to conduct an attack, woi would not think this is major issue for the ukrainians but they are keeping a watch on that northern front. retired lieutenant-general mark hurtling, thank you. still ahead, from the campaign trail to the courtroom, details on what to expect from
ta takes place, the russian defense ministry have been taking control of wagner s, the mercenary group s heavy weapons and ammunition. there have been some dramatic images of that as well. and it seems that the kremlin is tightening its grip and sort of purging dissidence within its ranks. matthew, thank you very much. and i want to go now to thomas grove, the wall street journal reporter who broke that story that i mentioned at the top of the program about more senior russian military officers being detained and questioned in the wake of this mutiny, along with retired lieutenant general mark hurtling, the former commanding general for europe and the 7th army. thanks to both, and thomas, let me start with you. this is pretty incredible reporting. you have been able to crack down, you and your team that more russian military officers have been detained and fired in the wake of the wagner coup. and you re also reporting that general surovikin is not just resting, he is being detai
it is definitely going to give the ukrainians that necessary advantage at this critical time when the offensive seems to be gathering sound group. you are in ukraine where the fighting is pierce. want toe ooh poot and just to show you how many bomb lers. these have been used in ukraine already on the ukrainian civilians, because you can see the series of explosions, but i wanted to point out right here, the series of explosions, but right here, unploeded bomb letment is and general mark