telling russians in an address that it appears to have been recorded before this weekend s rebellion, that he remains confident in his plans and ukraine. tomorrow has been declared a non-working day in moscow. but banks and russia s stock exchange will be operating as normal. outside of russia s borders, including in the u.s., putin s grip on power appears to be weekend, if not eroding. he s been very strong for three decades. this is the first time the veneer of instability, he just seems to be the strongman. now he is viewed as weak. this moment of weakness for putin, whether temporary or more permanent, may present a moment of opportunity for ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and his military as they continue a counteroffensive against russia. britain s former army chief told sky news, mutiny is a moment of opportunity for ukraine. in washington, maine while, the white house says president biden reaffirmed his support for ukraine in a call with president zelensky
inside russia. right now vladimir putin is still in charge. in fact, he might have just spoken for the first time since the attempted rebellion over the weekend. we ll tell you what he said and why there are questions about when and where this new video of putin the kremlin released this morning has come from. it has been a confusing and volatile 72 hours. longtime ally yevgeny prigozhin began and quickly called off an attempt to overtake the military leaders. how close did he get? why suddenly did he turn around? putin is known for viciously crushing dissent. why exactly did he let prigozhin go? the warlord hasn t been publicly seen or heard from since he apparently fled on saturday. we have reporters in moscow, ukraine and the white house along with experts on russia, putin and prigozhin. whatever happens in russia will have a profound impact not just on the stability of that country, but far-reaching consequences for the war in ukraine and well beyond that. it can affect
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersRepublicans continue to be divided over whether to support Ukraine, and that, in and of itself, is a problem. According to a survey last month by the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of Republicans now say we are giving too much aid to Ukraine.The good news is that, as is the case with most issue polling, the numbers seem contingent on 1) how the questions are asked and 2) whether respondents are prompted with information before th
if there is an opportunity for the ukrainian army to make gains here, are there conversations among members of congress about the u.s. who has already invested so much money, so much time and effort in ukraine, to help them do that, to take advantage of an opportunity? i would hope what this does is reenforce the members of congress, particularly some of my republican colleagues who were talking about not continuing funding ukraine, that this is why it is important, to make sure we are funding ukraine and to push forward. what may be happening here is this great power wheel, you talk about the longevity of this war, is weakening russia more than it s weakening ukraine. we ve got to make sure we keep ukraine strong. clearly, when you look at the number of individuals there s been death on both sides, but the tremendous loss of weapons and of people on the russian side, the longer it takes place, it could be we re thinking it s going to hurt ukraine. it could be really hurting russia
the side of rooting for a spot like that. let s support the policy. and let s keep ukraine strong. putin will settle the way he settled with prigozhin. evelyn, what do you think of how this plays in washington among the politicians who have been bickering about policy and whether or not the ukraine strategy has been working? you ve had members of the republican party. marjorie taylor greene was questioning whether the u.s. had a hand in. this tweeting about i m sure hoping the u.s. was not behind. this you had really prominent voices in republican circles over past several years effectively praising vladimir putin saying that he was a strongman. someone s gone so far to say that they hope he wins in ukraine. and, now we are seeing what has happened in the past 24 hours. i m wondering politically speaking, does it present an opportunity here for this administration as we go into election season? i think i would associate myself with economists that