The head of European diplomacy considered on Monday that it is worrying that there is political instability in Russia and that the insurrection on Saturday by the Wagner paramilitary group means that there are cracks in the Kremlin’s military structure.
“It is not good to see a nuclear power like Russia in a situation of political instability,” defended Josep Borrell, at the entrance to a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union (EU), in Luxembourg.
In the opinion of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, the rebellion of mercenaries from the Wagner Group on Saturday shows that “there are cracks in Russia’s military power, which are affecting the political system.”
Borrell insisted that the concern of the 27 continues to be unequivocal support for Ukraine, which has been fighting an invasion by Russia for more than a year and that is the focus of today’s meeting between member states.
The leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suspended this Saturday the movements of the rebellion in Russia against the military command, less than 24 hours after having occupied Rostov, an important city in the south of the country for the logistics of the war. in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the group’s action a rebellion, saying it was a “deadly threat” to the Russian state and treason, guaranteeing that “civil war” would not ensue.
At the end of the day, when Wagner’s forces were reported advancing to some 200 kilometers from Moscow, Prigozhin announced that he had negotiated an agreement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Source: TSF
