you can imagine this president, who has been in contact with allies throughout the conflict in ukraine, wants to be in touch with the region as this power struggle unfolds. i wonder when there is something to be said, whether it ll come from the president himself, whether it ll be more from the state department or perhaps even the pentagon. reporter: we are in wait and see mode on all those fronts. of course, we just heard from the state department minutes ago, that those conversations were happening with allies, with secretary of state antony blinken. again, white house officials are cautious on when they weigh in because this is unfolding minute by minute. we ll wait to see if she get any more today from the white house and, more importantly, from president biden himself. priscilla, thank you for that. up ahead, more from the rapidly escalating crisis in russia, where the wagner mercenary group has seized control of key military facilities in two cities. my next guest, grandd
and ardent fighters coming out of russia s elite forces, the special operations forces, and the arab one forces. it is quite a capable force. during the war with ukraine, it amplifies its footprint by recruiting thousands and thousands of troops from prisons in russia and then having those troops fight and many of them, frankly, die in the donbas and eastern ukraine, most notably in the battle of bakhmut. is one of the sources of recent tension the fact that the russian conventional military has sought to bring wagner, this witch s brew of both special forces and prisoners, under its umbrella, and prigozhin has resisted that? you know, it s i would say for my perspective, prigozhin and the pncs, wagner, in particular, were always kind of extensions of the ministry of
certainly, it is him or prigozhin at this point, i think, if you look at the way he stood there and made comparisons to 1917 for out of world war i by russia because of the revolution. this, he sees, as a historic moment. it is one, quite frankly, he has been allowing to approach him fast over the past months. nick waypeyton walsh fro london, thank you for the report. more on russia. how will the actions of the wagner group s leader impact the war and putin s grip on power? form per u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker, joins me next to discuss. just like i stole kelly carter in high school. you got no game dude, that s a foul!l! and now you re ready to settle the score. game over. and if you don t have the right home insurance coverage, well, you could end up paying for all this yourself. so get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem, yeah, like me. thanks, bro. take a lap, rookie.
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