people were shocked after the first year of the war, life was back. so it was devastating for us, but the use of the precise weapon also really matters during our previous investigation, we were able to prove that it was a cluster munition used, which hitting a human infrastructure, not a military structure, which can be a mounted as a war crime. in this particular space it s a really peaceful place, and even if you think that there were military there, there were no military commanders, people knew it was a popular place and nobody of super importance would be there. it was just a popular place super importance would be there. it wasjust a popular place in super importance would be there. it was just a popular place in the city where there is a war, so there are a limited amounts of restaurants, and there was one that became the most popular, it was absolute be the centre of the town. popular, it was absolute be the centre of the town. we ve heard they onl taruet centre of the town
aspect of the war and means that the ukrainians do have the capacity to take over, not only areas that have recently been captured by the russians, but also areas that were captured by the russians all the way to 2014. that s both trouble for the russians, because one of the things they thought they could do, is not only controlled, hysteria but really all of ukraine. the fact that they can t do, that is evidence by the fact also, that they have a really weak defense effort inside russia. and, the fact that they have a weak defense inside russia was evidence of what happened during when prigozhin s forces in the wagner group were able to go all the way from rostov-on-don, all the way to a point right about here, about 125 miles south of moscow. the fact they were able to do this shows a lot of weakness within the russian military structure, and could spell trouble for the russians because they are not able to respond to these types of threats, especially with the
that spells trouble for the russians. they thought they could control this area and all of ukraine. the fact they can t do that is evidenced by the fact they have a weak defense effort in russia. that was evidenced during what happened during the mutiny, when prigozhin s forces in the wagner group were able to go all the way here. about 125 miles south of moscow. this shues a lot of weakness within the military structure. it could spell trouble for the russians because they are not able to respond to these threats, especially if they have weapons from the west backed up against that. what they are able to do with the weapons on the ukrainian side will determine if the ukrainians can actually take over these areas of their territory.
petersburg, russia, and have known each other since the 1990s when prigozhin ran a big catering business. big contracts from the kremlin earned him the nickname of putin s chef, leading him to join the ranks of the country s wealthy oligarchs. he then went on to find the w wagner group, known for its brutal tactics. operating outside russia s military structure, yet fully in support of russia s interests around the world. cnn has tracked wagner mercenaries in so many places. the central african republic in sudan, in libya, in mozambique, in syria definitely, and also now, of course, in ukraine. that critical relationship saw a big shift, though, in just the last few months, when prigozhin began openly criticizing russia s military leaders on their war effort in ukraine. those critiques turned into a
very few people in russia that done that. really unique background. did you expect something like this? he s been very public in his attacks of the military officials, always tried to keep the line between the military officials and president putin. were you surprised by what happened over the weekend? you know, not really. this has been bubbling up the last couple of months. prigozhin has had the gall of criticizing the ministry of defense, all sorts of people in the russian military structure, never putin himself because that s forboden, you don t do that in russia. but i m kind of surprised that the intelligence services inside of russia didn t see this coming as quickly as it just suddenly popped up over the weekend. your sense of the explanation for prigozhin deciding to turn around 124 miles from moscow with a deal that we don t really have clarity on what it actually is yet, why? so, this is amazing, just that statement that you made, 120 miles from moscow. he s starting