.SecBlinken spoke with several foreign ministers of US allies on Saturday amid the military rebellion in Russia from Wagner mercenaries threatening to weaken the country’s offensive in the Ukrainian war.
Blinken spoke with leaders in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom on Saturday morning to discuss the situation in Russia, according to the State Department. The call comes just one day after mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led his troops out of Ukraine and into a key city south of Moscow, marking the biggest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership in over two decades in power.
“There are 25,000 of us, and we are going to find out why there is such chaos in the country,” Prigozhin said. The Wagner forces played a key role in the Russian offensive of the Ukrainian war by capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut, where the bloodiest and longest battles have taken place.
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