then you and then change topics. one thing you mentioned is, sorry, you said the united states will continue sorry, the united states will continue to impose costs on wagner or its successor. is there any indication right now that wagner is actually standing up a successor organization? i think i said or successor if any. we have noted the announcements by the ministry of defense that wagner forces are supposed to be absorbed into the ministry of defense. we don t have any assessment of what will happen to the wagner group, either in ukraine or elsewhere and the world, but whether it s wagner or whether it s a successor or any other organization that conducts the activities that wagner has conducted to destabilize those we will hold them accountable. i don t have any assessments at this time. there are media reports that the biden administration had intelligence about the mutiny, whatever you call it, since mid june. is that correct, and also if that s true, why didn
he called the country a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that is ever truer at this moment. president biden came out a short time ago to deny that there was any u.s. involvement in the attempted coup over the weekend. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west or nato. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system. martha: whatever will happen next, we know that this is just the beginning. there will be shifts that come in this very volatile situation. it could change ultimately the world that we live in. geo politics and how it shakes out. we have not seen putin, as i just mentioned. we re told that there may be a statement coming from him shortly, whether it s live or a press statement. we re not sure yet. we ll stay on top of that. there s his rival who at one time was the caterer and they were good friends. they worked his way up with this wagner group. he basically rocke
Asked, when 70% of the population says the economy is lousy, you know, you have five different head wind points on the cam pass. it s tough, sandra. sandra: go tigers for the game three of the college world series tonight. john: go tigers. sandra: set your dvr. thanks for joining us, trace. i m sandra smith. i m trace gallagher. great to be with you. the story with martha maccallum is now. martha: thanks. good afternoon, everybody. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. breaking right now, we re getting word according to russian state media that vladimir putin is about to make a statement. we are working to confirm that. we ll cover that for you in whatever form it comes in. state with us here because we do understand we re about to hear something from vladimir putin after a historic weekend in russia. it s interesting to recall what winston churchill said about russia back during world war ii.