Following the Wagner mutiny, it’s been a difficult few weeks for Vladimir Putin. He has detained, interrogated or fired a number of his top soldiers – including generals – as infighting and discontent weakens Russia’s military. So who’s in, who’s out, and what does it mean for the war in Ukraine?

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Guest: Mark Galeotti, historian, journalist and author of Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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