and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general who s been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraine s initial counteroffensive backin ukraine s initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraine s relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraine s still there, still fighting, and yet he has been sacked. it s a move that will not go down particularly well with some parts of the military and the public in ukraine. general valerii zaluzhnyi has been very well thought of, respected and revered by many, so questions have been asked and are being asked about why this has happened. there s a lot of talk about a personality clash between the two leaders, between volodymyr zelensky and valerii zaluzhnyi. i keep presidential adviser in ukraine said that one important reason why a reshuf
enormous, and as a colleague, it s been incredible last eight plus years, and as a supporter, is a fan, it s been equally so. so we hope that that continues. as he said, we ve got targets ahead of us and thatis we ve got targets ahead of us and that is where our focus will be. indistinct question i think he will want to comment as well, but i think from an overall perspective, the decision that was taken at the time, number one, i think for pep and vito will want to get going in their managerial careers, and that s something that. you know, we understood as well. and obviously, if they re not going to say, they will go with our support, and anything we can possibly do to help their career going forward, we will of course do. and as i said, the team that he has built is an incredibly strong one but there is also a huge team around that group, as well, that will be here to help in terms of that experience level as well. i will take the break, experience level as well. i will
u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, former nato supreme allied commander, james to read us, and cia analyst from congresswoman, elissa slotkin. later, my sunday exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. get her reflections on the one year anniversary of roe v. wade being overturned in the future of abortion rights in america. over just the last 48 hours, the yevgeny prigozhin a brutal shadow commander of mercenary forces staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power in russia. briefly taking control over rostov-on-don a key military logistics have on his way to march towards moscow. in the 11th hour, a shady and mysterious deal was struck by valery gerasimov valery gerasimov a leader of belarus that led putin in power, and to prigozhin packing his bags to move to believers. we know the story is unlikely to end there. back in 1991, another russian leader, gorbachev, also survived a coup. he only relinquish power for months later. even a short-lived attempt to take
now. our second hour star welcome . i m yasmin vossoughian, if you just running, as welcome. if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. we have got a lot of developments in russia, as the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his mercenary group is turning back and abandoning s march towards moscow. he made that announcement after the president of belarus claimed he held talks with prigozhin. i want to bring in nbc s met in standing back and trying. this math, you heard this thing firsthand. talk us through what you heard from prigozhin, the revelation of this, quote unquote, deal. thank you, yasmin. obviously, very shocking development, after what has been, as we ve discussed, very astonishing 24 hours in russia. we had another audio message from prigozhin. he speaks very intensely, always, part of his charm, for lack of better word. we saw that again in this latest message, also a little bit taking a step back. he s admitting that he stepping down
credibility and therefore, to be honest, i think the only advice is he s only way back. as has been suggested, the potentialfuture for him as an after dinner speaker and he is a good speaker, a very good in that kind of environment. there may also be a role for him on television. alarm as a politician, i think frankly n0- alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks - alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks for - alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks for that. | alarm as a politician, i think - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical reference - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical reference as - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical reference as well, | with a historical reference as well, professor. we had reaction and from the labour party and the dams, and now from the snp. not a single tear will be shared tonight in scotland at this news, an