(EFE) his full-scale invasion of the Ukraine.
“Russia’s weakness is evident,” Zelensky said in his first public reaction to events in the neighboring country. “The longer Russia keeps her troops and her mercenaries on our lands, the more chaos, pain and problems it will create for itself,” added the Ukrainian head of state.
Zelensky accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, without mentioning him by name, of “choosing the path of evil” and “destroying himself” in doing so.
“He sends columns of soldiers to destroy lives in other countries and cannot stop them from fleeing and betraying him when they meet with resistance,” Zelensky wrote in his note, posted on Telegram.
Zelensky accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, without mentioning him by name, of “choosing the path of evil” and “destroying himself” by doing so.
“He despises the people and sends hundreds of thousands to war to end up hiding on a barricade near Moscow from those he himself armed,” Zelensky said, referring to the Wagner group, which is carrying out its uprising after having gained power from his starring role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Following Putin’s speech on the rebellion, in which he compared Wagner’s attempt to the Bolshevik Revolution that rocked Russia in 1917 when it was fighting in World War I, Zelensky said that the current course of the Russian Federation can only lead to a horizon similar to that of then.
“We maintain our strength, our unity,” Zelenski concluded his message. “All our commanders and all our soldiers know what they have to do,” stressed the president of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s intelligence and security services also spoke out about the rebellion, hailing the outbreak of civil war in that country as an important step toward ending the Russian invasion of its territory and the collapse of President Vladimir Putin.
“The Ukrainian formula for a sustainable peace provides for the departure of the 1991 borders and the beginning of the process of Russia’s self-destruction,” Oleksi Danilov wrote on his Twitter account, referring to the year in which Ukraine gained its independence with borders that Russia has violated it since it annexed Crimea in 2014. Danilov added that “the war will end as it began: within the Russian Federation.” And he added: “The process has begun.”
In an interview with the Ukrainian media RBK, the representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) Andri Yusov said that the events taking place since yesterday in Russia are “an internal conflict” and a “confrontation”.
Since declaring himself in absentia late yesterday afternoon, Prigozhin has claimed to be in control of the General Staff of the Russian forces.
The two groups of Russian volunteers who fought against Putin’s forces alongside the Ukrainian army have also spoken out on the crisis and have staged several armed incursions into Russia sponsored by Kiev in recent months.
For its part, NATO is “monitoring” the situation, according to a spokesperson for the organization told EFE. Since he declared himself in absentia late yesterday afternoon, Prigozhin has claimed to have control of the General Staff of the Russian forces in the city of Rostov, in the south of the country.
The European Commission said this Saturday that it is observing the events of the last few hours and affirmed that the declaration of rebellion declared by the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgueni Prigozhin, against the Ministry of Defense “is an internal matter.”
The European Union is also “in permanent contact” with its ambassador in Moscow and Brussels is consulting with the EU governments to analyze the state of the situation, the spokeswoman for the European External Action Service, Nabila Massrali, told EFE.
While the Russian Defense Ministry called on the mutinous members of the Wagner group to return to their barracks and has given security guarantees to those who do so.
The EU foreign ministers will meet next Monday in Luxembourg, in a meeting planned in advance, in which the war in Ukraine and its consequences will once again focus the discussions.
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