Was there really a “mutiny” and is Lukashenka a peacemaker here? Analysts’ discussion. VIDEO

2023-06-24 21:59:35

Prigozhin announced the return of the “Wagner” PMC to the “field camps”, Lukashenka’s press service attributed this to him. What really happened? What was Lukashenka’s role here from the very beginning?

The political analyst of the “Pozirk” project, Alexander Klaskovsky, and the Russian political scientist, Alexander Morozov, reflect.

Attempted armed rebellion in Russia. The main thing

In the evening of June 23, the head of the “Wagner” PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin stated that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation launched missile strikes on the rear camps of mercenaries and that “the evil carried by the country’s military leadership will be stopped.” The Ministry of Defense of Russia called these words “informational provocation”. At night, Prigozhin reported that “Wagner” fighters entered Russia from the occupied regions of Ukraine. On the morning of June 24, Prigozhin said that the “Wagner” PMC entered Rostov-on-Don and took control of Rostov’s military facilities, including the airfield. Later, Prigozhin announced that he would take control of military facilities in Voronezh. In the Moscow, Rostov and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation, emergency security measures were introduced. In Russia, a criminal case was opened on armed rebellion.
Putin in his morning address, he said that “they are trying to push Russia to defeat and capitulation with the mutiny” and that “the actions against the mutineers will be severe.” Head of the Department of National Security in the Joint Transitional Cabinet Valer Sakashzyk in connection with the events in Russia, he called on Belarusians to “use the historical chance”. The leader of the democratic forces of Belarus, Tsikhanovskaya, urged diplomats and security forces not to choose between Putin and Prigozhin, and the military to expel Russian troops from Belarus. The joint transitional cabinet declared that it “denounces the political and military agreements with Russia” and announces the withdrawal of Belarus from the CSTO, EAEU and the CIS. Kalinovsky’s regiment called on the citizens of Belarus to prepare for “liberation from dictatorship and occupation”. The unofficial telegram channel of Alexander Lukashenko’s press service “Pul Pervogo” wrote in the evening that he had persuaded the founder of the “Wagner” PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin to stop advancing towards Moscow. Prigozhin later confirmed this information. Later, there was news that Prigozhin would go to Belarus, and the criminal case against him in the Russian Federation would be stopped.