Borrell points out that the Wagner Group revolt shows that the war in Ukraine is “cracking” power in Russia

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BRUSSELS, June 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, assured this Monday that the revolt of the mercenaries of the Wagner Group in Russia is a sign that the war in Ukraine is “cracking” power in Russia and “affecting his political system.

“The war that Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine and the monster that he created with the Wagner Group is biting him and acting against him. The political system is showing fragility and military power is cracking,” he said in statements to the press from Luxembourg where he The Foreign Ministers of the Twenty-seven meet.

In this sense, the head of European diplomacy has insisted that the rebellion of the Wagner group of mercenaries is a “consequence” of the invasion of the neighboring country and that is why the EU must redouble its support for Ukraine in this context. “It is time to continue supporting Ukraine,” he assured.

In any case, Borrell has shown caution regarding the evolution of events in Russia, after pointing out that “it is not a good thing” to see a nuclear power experiencing political instability of this magnitude.

This Monday’s meeting in Luxembourg will be the first time in which the Twenty-seven will be able to discuss in person the crisis in Russia, which is on alert after the rebellion led this weekend by the group of mercenaries led by Yevgeni Prigozhin, which took the Russian city of Rostov, headquarters of the Russian military command for the south, and advanced several hundred kilometers towards the Russian capital.

The operation was ordered by Prigozhin after denouncing the death of many of his mercenaries in an attack by the Russian Army itself, which the Defense Ministry, which has been in confrontation with the mercenary leader for months, has categorically denied.