good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m katy tur here from new york. and i m chris jansing with special coverage on what is happening inside russia. for the first time, we are still waiting to hear from vladimir putin. now, we haven t heard anything since his former ally and the head of the ruthless mercenary wagner group attempt add revolt, and this new video released by russia, is it new or just something put out by the kremlin? who knows when it was taped. we can t say. and where is the man responsible for the dramatic weekend events, yevgeny prigozhin. right now we still don t know and he hasn t been seen since saturday when he decided to turn his forces back after marching toward the kremlin. and seemingly agreed to live in exile in belarus. so now russia, a country armed with more nuclear weapons than any other nation led by a man desperate to proclaim the old soviet union glory is at a crossroads. and while the world watches, ukraine is acting. ukrainian forces
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decried what he called the "insanity" of the Russian leadership and warned of possible new wars in the world. "Because of the insanity of Russian leadership, all nations around the world are facing a period of uncertainty and insecurity," Zelensky said in his evening video message broadcast in Kiev on Friday. "The world is becoming increasingly aware that more wars may be on the horizon," Zelensky also wrote on the social network X, the former Twitter.
Simultaneously, Japan wants to maintain its energy ties with Russia. Japan will make sure its energy supplies are not affected by sanctions the United States recently imposed on the Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia in which it has a stake, Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said early November.
Kyiv is well aware of the danger posed by Moscow resuming its campaign of air strikes on Ukraine’s power grid and energy infrastructure in the coming winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his Oct. 6 evening address.