In his first public comments on the issue, U.S. President Joe Biden said it was still too soon to make any conclusions about the revolt by Wagner Group mercenaries.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the Broadband Event at the White House in Washington D.C., United States on June 26, 2023.resident Joe Biden sought to preempt any talk from President Vladimir Putin that the West provoked the mercenary rebellion that shook Russia over the weekend, saying the U.S. and NATO had played no role and were still weighing its consequences.
“If your enemy is tearing itself apart, you stand back,” former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, the vice president for Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said in an interview. “You let him do it.” Hours after Biden spoke, Putin delivered a speech that bore out some of those allied fears. He said the rebellion by Prigozhin — whom he didn’t cite by name — had united Russians. Putin said internal strife was precisely the outcome the West wanted, though he stopped short of blaming allies directly.
The officials emphasized Monday that Prigozhin questioned not just the execution of Russia’s war in Ukraine, but also the original premise of the invasion. While most of his criticism has been aimed at Russian officials like Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, challenging Putin’s explanation for the conflict inches closer to criticism of Putin personally.
The main concern for the international community is the security of Russia’s nuclear arsenal and how — or if — Putin plans to use it if pressure on him builds. While Prigozhin’s march is publicly being treated as an internal Russia affair for now, nuclear safety is the top issue that could draw in multilateral organizations like the United nations, according to people familiar with the matter.
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