Those who were behind the rebellion will 'answer for it,' Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
officials of attacking Wagner positions in Ukraine. The private militia has played a crucial role in Moscow's invasion operations, but Prigozhin has been locked in a high-profile and bitter dispute with Russia's Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the country's top soldier, General Valery Gerasimov.
Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with officers of the Russian army and secret services on June 27, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. The Russian leader"is an inadequate person who has lost connection with reality," according to Andriy Yermak, who heads up the Ukrainian presidential office.After seizing control of Rostov-on-Don, a city in southern Russia, Wagner fighters started a"march for justice" toward the Russian capital.
In a deal reportedly brokered by Minsk, Prigozhin escaped criminal charges and he will now stay in Belarus, a country strongly allied with the Kremlin. Around 10,000 Russian soldiers were assembled around Moscow in anticipation of the Wagner arrival, Belarus' President, Alexander Lukashenko, told the country's state news agency, BelTA.
The armed uprising drew fierce condemnation from Moscow, with Putin vowing that those who organized the rebellion would"answer for it."insisted during a news conference on Tuesday that these"events have shown how consolidated society is around the president.""We've seen more cracks emerge in the Russian facade," U.S. Secretary of State,
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