2023-06-26 06:19:00
For Blinken, the crisis in Russia reveals “real cracks” at the top of the state
The Wagner group “directly challenged Putin’s authority. So this raises real questions and reveals real cracks” at the highest level of the Russian state, the US Secretary of State said on CBS on Sunday.
The situation “shows the divisions that exist within the Russian camp”, says Macron
The situation “shows the divisions that exist within the Russian camp, the fragility of both its armies and its auxiliary forces such as the Wagner group”, said Emmanuel Macron on Sunday in an interview with Provence, evoking a “situation (which) remains evolving”. “All of this should make us very vigilant and fully justify the support we are giving to the Ukrainians in their resistance”, underlined the President of the Republic.
No change on the eastern front
After the spectacular armed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigojine and his Wagner men in Russia, the Kiev army says it sees no major change on the front line around Bakhmout in eastern Ukraine.
The city of Bakhmout, in Donbass, was for several months the epicenter of violent fighting between Ukrainian forces and those of the paramilitary group Wagner, led by their tempestuous leader, Evguéni Prigojine.
Despite its capture in May by the businessman’s fighters, who then returned control of the area to the regular Russian army, hostilities with troops from kyiv continue.
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