Belarus considered this Saturday the rebellion of the Wagner group in Russia as “a gift to the West”, warning of “a catastrophe”, after the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin, has conferred with his Belarusians, Uzbeks, Kazakhs and Turks.
“Any provocation, any internal conflict in the military or political ranks, in the field of information or civil society, is a gift to the West,” declared the National Security Council of Belarus, quoted in a statement released by diplomacy. of that nation. allied with Russia. .
Minsk added that the insurrection of the Russian private paramilitary group “could end in a catastrophe”, and called for “the voice of reason” to be heard.
Before the Belarusian diplomacy statement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said that Vladimir Putin “informed his allies about the situation.”
The Russian leader spoke by telephone with the presidents of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashenko, of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyóyev, of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Yomart Tokáyev, and of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, today claimed 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.
Putin called the paramilitary group’s action a rebellion, saying it was a “mortal threat” to the Russian state and a betrayal, saying he would not allow a “civil war” to happen.
Source: TSF
