This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, June 26.
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, June 26.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked the nation for unity after the one-day mutiny by Russian mercenaries and said all necessary measures have been taken to protect the country and people from the rebellion.
- US President Joe Biden says the mutiny against the Kremlin was part of a struggle within the Russian system and that the United States and its allies were not involved.
- In his first public comments since ending the mutiny, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says he did not intend to overthrow the government in Moscow.
- Putin has appeared in a Kremlin video address, speaking for the first time since Wagner’s rebellion ended, but did not address the internal crisis.
- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the Russian crisis demonstrates weaknesses within Moscow’s leadership.