Wagner uprising a direct challenge to Putin and shows real cracks in Russias military direction US says Russia-Ukraine war live

US secretary of state Antony Blinken says aborted Wagner uprising creates greater openings for Ukrainians to succeed on ground

Samuel Bendett, a Russia expert at the Center for Naval Analyses, has also posted some analysis about the day’s events, in which he argues that there have to be some consequences for Prigozhin and Wagner.

“Otherwise the message is that a military force can openly challenge the state, and others have to learn that the Russian state indeed has a monopoly on violence inside the country,” he writes.

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