the decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in ukraine, assisting the army, and serving in territorial defence units. he signed the order on friday, with it taking immediate effect. it comes two days after wagner leaders were presumed killed in a plane crash. in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. joining us now is retired rear admiral mark montgomery. he worked on us ukraine relations as policy directorfor the senate armed services committee and in the navy assigned to us european command. he now works with the washington based research group foundation for the defense of democracies. great too happy with us. thank you so much for taking the time. now, in the wake of that death, we have a situation and in which putin is