We've just some new reporting coming in kind of getting
to what was going on behind the scenes.
General, I wanna ask you about A European intelligence official
tells CNN that there were hints that Russian security services
or military might have had prior knowledge of the armed
rebellion this weekend. And key in this kind of adding
to what we're talking about off the top,
might have wanted it to succeed.
I'm kind of curious when you,
when you hear that what Putin should do now.
I mean does a military.
Does another military shake up?
Amongst the ranks under Putin.
Seem like that could be in the offing right now.
Well, I don't think he wants to do this immediately
because it will do what Prigozhin had recommended be done,
which was to fire the minister and fire the chief
of the general Staff.
So I don't think he wants to do this in
the short term because it would seem to respond to
what progression was was counseling.
But look, he know he's a student of history.
He knows that history is unkind to Russian leaders who
lose wars.
He's got to try to figure out how to stabilize
the front lines and in the face of this mounting
summer,
offensive. By the Ukrainian forces that now have Western tanks
and infantry fighting vehicles and additional training and all kinds
of other combat support and service support elements.
So that's really got to be his focus.
How does he avoid losing this war?
Noting that the leaders who lost the Russo Japanese War
in World War One did not stick around for very
long after that.
And there may be people around in the security services
and intelligence services who are starting to think,
you know, maybe. You should consider what might come after
Putin.