Frustrated Wagner rebellion will not affect the offensive in Ukraine

The aborted rebellion by the Wagner paramilitary group “in no way” will affect Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, a spokesman for the Russian president assured this Saturday, while Kiev troops have been on the offensive for several weeks.

“This will under no circumstances affect the military intervention,” Dmitry Peskov said in response to a press question about the possible consequences of the failed rebellion for the Kremlin’s plans in Ukraine.

“The special operation continues. Our troops managed to repel the counteroffensive of Ukraine,” he added.

The head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suspended a rebel movement in Russia this Saturday afternoon against military commanders this afternoon to avoid “bloodshed,” less than 24 hours after occupying Rostov, a key city in southern Russia. country for war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin also announced that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the protagonist of an attempted armed rebellion in Russia, would leave for Belarus, ensuring that Russian justice would not prosecute him or his militants.

At the height of the crisis in Russia, Ukraine announced this Saturday that it had launched a new offensive in the country’s east to retake territory occupied by Russian forces.

At the end of the day, when it became known about the advance of the Wagnerites about 200 kilometers from Moscow, Prigozhin announced that he had agreed on an agreement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Earlier, the head of the paramilitary group accused the Russian army of attacking its mercenary camps, resulting in “a very high number of casualties,” accusations that reveal deep tensions within Moscow’s forces over the offensive in Ukraine.