question the whole special operation and the way it s been conducted. very damaging really for putin in this episode. obviously damaging for prigozhin. my caution remains the same, again, stay away from open windows. the only person who is a bit stringer out of this is lukashenko who achieve more leverage in that relationship that he has with putin. going forward, this does deprive the russian forces of quite a capable force just at a time when the ukrainians are starting to put their new units in to the fight. they ve been probing, doing reconnaissance, looking for their locations where they can commit the main effort. i think we ll see that in the weeks that lie ahead. and then we ll see if they can put it together and achieve combined arms effects of tanks, electronics, drones and all the rest with follow-on forces
that we will watch both closely, keep a close eye on him. we will also test our combat readiness and in full combat readiness mode. he said that in response to their arrival in belarus. we don t know how many besides mr. prigozhin. what did you make of that? keep in mind that putin gave the wagner soldiers three choices. they can go home, sign the contract with the ministry of defense and become russian soldiers no, longer under the wagner command and control or go with prigozhin to belarus. it s not clear how many have gone there. this reflects the reality that putin doesn t want to lose the services of the wagner group outside russia and ukraine. in order, in syria, north africa, west africa and so forth where they re useful to russian interests. clearly this will take off the
americans, but not exclusively, you re half irish. i ll invite you. we re going to my friend scottie. he owns arturo s pizzeria tomorrow. we re going to celebrate with eating coal-fired pizza. get in while the getting is good. i m reserved. i called in. i m breaking my diet for this. you tonight have to go on a diet. that s the big talk in new york. he s not joking. there s a reference to put a kibash on that and lose a lot of dough.
lukashenko, speaking out as prigozhin himself settles in. the wagner group leader is in belarus after a failed mutiny in russia. but he s not saying much and has no plans to. he doesn t want to, as you just heard there, speak to nobody including vladimir putin. prigozhin might want to lay low. david petraeus still recommends he be careful around open windows. the general is here. first, fox team coverage in kyiv on how ukraine is capitalizing on the chaos and jennifer griffin in washington on how the pentagon is responding to the chaos. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. let s get to it with greg first in ukraine. greg? hi, neil. first, a reminder that russia is still very much in this war. the eastern ukrainian town slammed by a russian missile. big damage done. this as putin put a spin on it.
intelligence arm. there are other documentaries between wagner and russian intelligence. and reports showed that they shared a base in southern russia. vladimir putin has never addressed the connection between wagner and the russian state but we know that prigozhin s operations allow putin to exert influence at arms length. the cutie was operations influence at arms length. the cutie was operations is influence at arms length. the cutie was operations is plausible - was operations is plausible deniability. any russians who were involved in the fighting in those countries were described efficiently by the kremlin as volunteers. while in fact, a lot of people, a lot of experts believe that they were actually linked to prigozhin. for now, the actually linked to prigozhin. for now. the war actually linked to prigozhin. for now, the war in ukraine goes on as does prigozhin and wagner s involvement in it. as to prigozhin s videos. he says the withdrawal from