“The monster that Putin created with Wagner is now biting himWagner’s monster is acting against its creator”, says Josep Borrell. The head of diplomacy of the European Union has claimed this Monday continue to support Ukraine “more than ever” because the bad progress of the war for the Kremlin is what has provoked the failed rebellion of Wagner’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhinduring the weekend.
At the same time, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy has warned of the risks of political instability in Moscow. “Certainly it is not a good thing to see that a nuclear power like Russia can fall into a phase of political instability. It is also something that must be taken into account “, he said upon his arrival at the meeting of EU foreign ministers that is held this Monday in Luxembourg.
“It is more important than ever to continue to support Ukraine, because what has happened over this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russia’s military power and affecting its political system. We are certainly following what is happening closely but now is the time to continue to support Ukraine more than ever and that is what we will do,” Borrell said.
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In his opinion, the most important conclusion of the events of the weekend is that “the monster that Putin created with Wagner is now biting him, Wagner’s monster is acting against its creator.” “The political system is showing its fragility and military power is cracking. These are important consequences of the war in Ukraine,” says the head of European diplomacy.
Foreign ministers plan to approve during the meeting in Luxembourg an increase of 3,500 million euros in the European Peace Support Fund, the financial instrument used by the EU to give military aid to Ukraine. The Twenty-seven will also discuss delivering a new tranche of 500 million to kyiv, although at the moment there is no agreement due to kyiv’s veto.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, has noted that Wagner’s rebellion is an “internal Russian affair”. Like Borrell, Billström has insisted that “what is important now is support Ukraine in its efforts to regain its territorial integrity”. “Ukraine is in the middle of a counter-offensive and the EU wants to give the maximum possible military, financial, political and humanitarian support to the Ukrainians (…) Russia is clearly losing the war“, has underlined.
“What the events of this weekend have certainly shown is that there are deep divisions within Russia. And there is still time, and you have to be very cautious and very prudent to see what the path of this situation is,” says the head of Spanish diplomacy, Jose Manuel Albares.
