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windows there. prigozhin said his military firm was bound to and we quote cease existence on july 1. but with no wagner, does success in ukraine look more like no chance? we re on it with greg palkot on how anxious europe is responding. gillian turner at the state department on what the administration is saying. and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner on the potential fallout he s seen and retired major general david petrard with putin back in charge but unclear how much in charge. forget about from russia with love. it s like russia with the world at a loss. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. you think you had this whole thing in russia figured out? in a world, not even close. greg palkot in kyiv with more. greg? remarkable stuff, neil. today we re dealing with duelling statements from two very large figures and all the turmoil in the last couple days in this region. nothing really syncs up. let s back up for a little bit. remember the wagner mercena ....
Of men to do something that traditional soldiers that they cannot do. if they go away july 1, then what? exactly. they ve been ruthless and brutal and as you said, in many instances, very effective not only in ukraine but across the globe. without the wagner group, he loses an arm that he can no longer flex. that s a good thing for ukraine and a good thing for the west. we don t know what will happen moving forward. if we really look at the context of this is what happens when you have criminals that are in control of a major nation state. putin is the don. he cannot operate without his allies. he just had one rebel against him telling who should be in charge. they can t have that. if i were prigozhin in belarus, i won t do near any windows like general petraeus said. i would have a food taster. ....
We all know about putin s illegal invasion of ukraine. prigozhin in the wagner forces with the folks who commit some of the worst atrocities not only in ukraine but syria and africa. remember, prigozhin, one of his other companies was the internet research agency and he s under indictment and the nine states for some of his interference in the 2016 election. it was a wild last couple days. beside play out on tv. we saw wagner forces going to city where the command center for the whole ukraine war. russian command center, and take it without firing much of a shot and get within 120 miles of moscow before this brokered deal took place. neil: do you think with the wagner group essentially going out of business july 1, at least that s the way it s been relayed to us, sir, that say what you will of its brutality, it was about the only effective military attack line russians had going for them in ukraine. now what? ....
Their unprofessional actions made a lot of mistakes during the special military operation. not to be outdone, vladimir putin just about an hour ago went on state tv with a recorded message saying that he was responsible for solving everything. he defeated what was a really bad people in his country and avoided civil war. let me just paraphrase one quote that he gave. the organizers of the rebellion, betraying those dragged in to the crime. they lied to them, pushed them to death, shoot at their own. it was this outcome that russia s inmies wanted. neil, it was the specter of civil war that he was presenting at that time. it was not an ugly and not a pretty thing to see for the russian people. he said he s in charge. for the fate of wagner, it s unclear right now. putin says that the fighters can sign up to the russian military ....
Happened over the weekend a coup. president biden over at the white house said it s too soon just yet to do much of anything. take a listen. we re going to keep assessing that fallouts of the events. it s still too early to reach a definitive conclusion about where this is going. the ultimate outcome of this remains to be seen. so the u.s. national security team did not believe putin would agree to a deal with the wagner group but they did know from intelligence for some time that putin s relations with prigozhin were on the fritz. didn t need a classified briefing to know that there were tensions with prigozhin and the russian ministry of defense. he s been open about those and those tensions have been escalating in plain sight for anyone for the last several months. president biden today says that looking ahead, his number 1 ....