prigozhin led wagner mercenary against russia s top brass saying how angry they were at the conduct of the war here in ukraine. but it turned into a much larger challenge against putin himself. essentially, a deal done by the bell russian president turned prigozhin around and meant he was somehow going to move his fighters to belarus. he went quiet for a bit. that s got many people wondering quite whether or not everything wea we are seeing can be taken at face value. prigozhin was not really known his whereabouts for one or two weeks after that initial rebellion. he popped up last in the last week or so in africa suggesting perhaps he might be focusing on his wagner group s operations there, often involved in mining, propping up dictatorships there. the images many watching in russia of that plane falling
they didn t know what, but the predictions were there from the cia director i think putin is someone who generally thinks that revenge is a dish best served cold. secretary of state mr. prigozhin, i would remain very concerned. nato has an open door policy. russia has an open windows policy. even president biden himself. if i were he, i would be careful what i ate. i would be keeping my eye on my menu. she has written many books on russia and putin and spent time on the ground reporting how ordinary people view russian. it s been two months since prigozhin started his coup. did you think this day was inevitable? yes. and in this sense, i am not
Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations on at least three sectors of the front on July 9. Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Ukrainian forces successfully continue to advance in the Bakhmut