The G7 foreign ministers met this Saturday to “exchange points of view on the situation in Russia” due to the rebellion of the Wagner mercenary group against the Russian military command, announced the head of European Union diplomacy.
“I had a telephone conversation with the G7 foreign ministers to exchange views on the situation in Russia,” said the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on his Twitter account.
Regarding the conversations with the G7 diplomats (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom), Borrell indicated that he is developing coordination work within the European Union (EU) to face the situation and reported that it activated the EU’s “crisis response centre” ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council next Monday.
The leader of European diplomacy concluded his message by confirming that the EU’s support for Ukraine “remains unwavering.”
In Washington, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said today that the United States will remain “in close coordination” with its allies on the situation in Russia, following interaction at the G7 level.
“The United States will remain in close coordination with its allies and partners as the situation evolves,” which “does not change anything” about support for Ukraine, Miller stressed.
The head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed responsibility for the occupation of Rostov, a key city in southern Russia for the war in Ukraine, and called for a rebellion against the Russian military command, which he accused of attacking its fighters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the paramilitary group’s action a rebellion, saying it was a “deadly threat” to the Russian state and treason, guaranteeing a “civil war” would not ensue.
Prigozhin had earlier accused the Russian army of attacking his mercenary camps, causing “a large number of casualties”, accusations denied by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Prigozhin’s accusations expose the deep tensions within Moscow’s forces over the offensive in Ukraine.
Source: TSF
