2023-06-24 12:08:21
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sees the armed uprising by the Wagner mercenary group against Moscow as a sign of Russia’s weakness. “Russia’s weakness is obvious. Weakness in full,” writes Zelenskyy on the social media platform Telegram. “And the longer Russia keeps its troops and mercenaries in our country, the more chaos, pain and problems it will have later on itself.”
Zelenskyy further said: “For a long time Russia used propaganda to cover up its weakness and the stupidity of its government. And now the chaos is so great that no lie can hide it.” Referring to Putin’s war of aggression against his country, he said: “Anyone who chooses the path of evil destroys himself.” The Kremlin chief despises people and threw hundreds of thousands into the war “in order to finally barricade himself in the Moscow region from those whom he himself had armed”.
Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podoljak even said: “The next 48 hours will decide the new status of Russia. A “full-fledged civil war”, a “negotiated transfer of power” or even a “temporary respite before the next phase of the fall of the Putin regime are possible “Podoljak wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
The situation in Ukraine is being monitored very closely, commented the Kiev political scientist Volodymyr Fessenko when asked by APA. “If the Kremlin had to move part of its troops from Ukraine to Russia to neutralize the Wagner fighters, the Ukrainian army would have a chance of a successful offensive,” explained Fessenko.
Latvia tightened its security measures on the border with Russia. Russian citizens cannot enter Latvia given the current situation, Foreign Minister Edgards Rinkevics wrote on Twitter.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for the protection of civilians in view of the escalation in Russia. Everyone involved would have to take responsibility, Sunak told the British broadcaster BBC on Saturday. He announced that he would speak with other heads of state and government on Saturday about the private army’s uprising against the military leadership. “We are closely monitoring the situation as it is currently developing on the ground. “We are in contact with our allies.” Questions as to whether it was good or bad news that Russian President Vladimir Putin was being challenged gave way Sunak out: “It’s an evolving situation.”
From Germany, a government spokesman only said that Chancellor Scholz (SPD) would be “continuously informed” about developments, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) wrote on Twitter: “We have been observing developments in Russia very carefully since yesterday evening.”
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