Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “the world has seen that the rulers of Russia do not control anything and there is “complete chaos”. that over the past 24 hours, the Russian authorities demonstrated to “Russian bandits, mercenaries, oligarchs and everyone else how easy it is to take over Russian cities with arsenals of weapons.”
Today the world saw that the rulers Russia they control nothing – nothing at all. It’s just total chaos and no predictability whatsoever, and that’s on Russian territory, which is packed with weapons,” Zelensky said in an evening video.
“In the Kremlin, they are capable of all kinds of terror and foolishness, but they cannot provide even a percentage of the necessary control,” the president added, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Zelensky assessed that over the past 24 hours, the Russian authorities have demonstrated to “Russian bandits, mercenaries, oligarchs and everyone else how easy it is to seize Russian cities with arsenals of weapons.” Zelensky said it was important that “no one in the world remain silent because of fear of Russian chaos.” “If anyone in the world is under the delusion that the Kremlin is able to restore control, they are only postponing the problem until the next outbreak of chaos, even more dangerous,” the president said. Ukraine. He expressed his conviction that “Ukraine will be able to separate Europe from all Russian forces” and will defend “Europe’s eastern flank”.
– FOR THIS it is not just a word or a set of formal promises. These are reliable guarantees for everyone that there will be no destruction of the world. Without Ukraine, such guarantees are worth nothing, Zelensky said.
March of the Wagnerians on Moscow and retreat
On Friday, the owner of the mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported that troops of the regular Russian army had attacked the Wagner camp, resulting in numerous deaths. He announced that he intended to “restore justice” in the armed forces and called for no opposition to him. He then moved on to Moscow with several thousand mercenaries. President of Russia Vladimir Putin he called the Wagnerians traitors and assured that the rebels would be held accountable to the law and the nation, and that Russia would be defended.
However, on Saturday evening, Prigozhin announced that he had given the order to turn back from Moscow. At the same time, Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s offices reported that the Belarusian dictator was the one who, with Putin’s consent, conducted Saturday’s negotiations with Prigozhin. The Kremlin announced that the Wagner Group mercenaries who moved towards Moscow – including their leader – would not be prosecuted, and Prigozhin himself would move to Belarus.
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