Consequences of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s challenge to Vladimir Putin’s authority could take months to play out, says US secretary of state
“Yesterday’s events exposed the weakness of Putin’s regime,” the statement said.
The Ukrainian leader made similar comments in a statement announcing a phone call with Polish president Andrzej Duda. In its daily briefing on Sunday the defence ministry also did not mention anything about the actions of Wagner Mr Prigozhin. US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Sunday said the turmoil caused by the unprecedented challenge to the authority of President Putin by Wagner fighters may not be over yet and could take weeks or months to play out.
Blinken said neither the United States nor the Russian nuclear posture had changed as a result of the crisis.All transport restrictions in Russia’s Rostov region have been lifted, including those on highways, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, after the Wagner revolt ended on Saturday. Wagner troops advanced to just 200km from Moscow, according to Mr Prigozhin. But after the deal was struck, he announced that he had decided to retreat to avoid “shedding Russian blood”.
He added that travel restrictions imposed during Saturday’s operation against the mutiny would be lifted once “the situation is finally resolved”. Wagner troops have played a crucial role in the Ukraine war, capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut, but Mr Prigozhin has increasingly criticised the military top brass, accusing it of incompetence and of starving his troops of munitions.
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