evening they were applauded by the local population and that lacks a strong feeling amongst certain segments of the russian population that they are capable of fighting the brutal aggressive nationalist war which quite a lot of russians are looking for. so yes, wagner s superiority will be a loss in military terms to russia and the ukrainians will be looking around for ways to take advantage of that. so tony brenton we will have to leave it there. they give your insight this morning. so tony brenton, former british ambassador to russia. it is approaching quarter to seven. you are watching breakfast. if you struggled to sleep last night, here is why. struggled to sleep last night, here is wh . ,., ., struggled to sleep last night, here is wh . , ., ., ., struggled to sleep last night, here iswh. ., . ., , is why. good morning, it certainly was sticky- is why. good morning, it certainly was sticky- my is why. good morning, it certainly was sticky. my bedroom - is why. good morning, i
there is a power plant there and so on, so there is a sense that anything could happen, that same jittery feeling many russians are also feeling right now. joining me now is former british ambassador to russia, sir tony brenton. thank you forjoining us on the programme. so what is the current situation between prigozhin and putin? ~ ., ~ , situation between prigozhin and putin? ~ ., ~ , . , ., putin? well i worked very closely a lona time putin? well i worked very closely a long time and putin? well i worked very closely a long time and go putin? well i worked very closely a long time and go the putin? well i worked very closely a long time and go the last - putin? well i worked very closely a long time and go the last few- putin? well i worked very closely a l long time and go the last few weeks putin has been increasingly demented. he s always been hostile to the russian forces and he has become louder and more aggressive. pretty close to directly criticising putin himself. an
and verification measures that we believe are indispensable as a very concrete, very tangible results of this important mission. if you want to find out more on this story go to the bbc news website, that s bbc.co.uk/news. i m lukwesa burak, you re watching bbc news. more now on the war in ukraine, and the fighting between russian and ukrainian forces in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than 6 months. we re joined now by sir tony brenton, who is the former uk ambassador to russia. thank you forjoining us here. why