Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Tuesday, the 27th

of June, 2023.

Today, a look at what this past weekend's coup attempt in Russia means for the war in

Ukraine and Russia's future, plus a brutal heat wave continues, and governments around

the country try to persuade those who use the most gas to switch to electric vehicles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday credited patriotism as the reason for a quick

end to an attempted coup over the weekend by the Wagner-Mursonary Group.

I caught up with USA Today politics intern Miles Harrison Horne for the latest, and

to get a sense of what's next for Russia's war in Ukraine.

Welcome back to five things, Miles.

Thank you so much for the pleasure to be here.

Can you just start by updating our listeners on what exactly has happened the past few days

in Russia?

The events in Russia over the weekend are unlike anything that we've really seen ever

under Putin's leadership.

With Guinea-Pregozion, who is the leader of the Wagner Group, which is a mercenary outfit

in Russia, led in armed rebellion against the Russian government and the Russian military.

For 24 hours, it was really unclear how far he would go and whether he would succeed.

But Regozion came all the way to within 200 kilometers of Moscow, before Belarus president

Alexander Lukashenko broke with a deal that resulted in Pregozion turning around leaving

Russia and going to Belarus.

Yeah, and Miles, I'm wondering, how did we get to this point?

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