Vladimir Putin addressed Russia after yesterday’s extraordinary events. ‘We feel confident, and, of course, we are in a position to implement all the plans and tasks ahead of us [in Ukraine].'
Vladimir Putin says he is confident in realising all his plans in the ‘special military operation’ after the Wagner rebellion.
‘This also applies to the country’s defence, it applies to the special military operation, it applies to theA planned meeting of Russia’s Security Council will take place next week despite this weekend’s chaos.But Putin previously claimed the attempted coup had put Russia’s very existence at threat. Putin was said to be ‘very afraid’ and fled his residency in Moscow after the rebellion from Wagner Group mercenaries over the weekend, the Ukrainian president said earlier today.
After 24 hours of chaos, neither he nor his men will face punishment, and he was sent to Belarus despite the action against the Russian army, which Putin labelled as ‘treason’.
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