but even if the threat is over and it s not at all clear that saturday s turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin s tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that s according to ukraine s air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we re going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn t alter putin s control in the short term. let s get our reporting and the news from russian tv that vladimir putin will speak tonight. joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. so keir, this news that he s going to speak,
overthrow vladimir putin. and we re learning more about where yevgeny prigozhin might be at this hour. also ahead, ukraine tries to make the most of russia s crisis on the battlefield after a slow, bloody start to their counter offensive. plus, president biden s first public comments on everything that s unfolding in russia, and on capitol hill, lawmakers voicing their concerns but will that translate to more dollars and supplies for ukraine? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin with nbc s matt bradley who has the latest on this challenge to putin s leadership. so matt, how significant is this new audio from prigozhin who has not been publicly seen since all of those people were coming around him in russia as he was getting ready to leave. well, it s pretty significant, chris, when you consider the fact that we haven t heard from this man in the past two days. it shed just a little bit more light on an episode that has really b
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