Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the brief revolt by the private mercenary group, the Wagner Group, earlier this weekend has shown 'cracks' in Russia that were not previously there.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the brief revolt by the private mercenary group, the Wagner Group, earlier this weekend has shown"cracks" in Russia that were not previously there.
The Secretary of State also said that he is unaware of any military officials in Russia being removed from power as part of negotiations which caused the Wagner Group to end its brief rebellion on Saturday. "I don’t want to speculate about that. This is, first of all, an internal matter for Russia. What we’ve seen is this, though, we’ve seen this aggression against Ukraine become a strategic failure across the board," said Blinken."Russia is weaker economically, militarily, it's standing around the world has plummeted."
"This is just an added chapter to a very, very bad book that Putin has written for Russia," Blinken said.
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