The newest on the aftermath of the armed rebel declared by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin:

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has made his first public look since a mercenary rebellion demanded his ouster.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared in a video Monday inspecting troops in Ukraine, apparently in a bid to mission a way of order after a weekend that noticed armed rebels seize a Russian metropolis and march seemingly unopposed on the capital.

Shoigu is considered one of three highly effective Russian army leaders whose diverging pursuits erupted into mutiny on Friday when 1000's of Wagner Group mercenaries headed from Ukraine deep into Russia, earlier than turning round Saturday after lower than 24 hours.

He is the primary of the leaders to look publicly since then, in video launched by the Defense Ministry that was extensively picked up by Russian media. It was unclear when it was filmed.

Neither Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin nor Russia’s General Staff chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov - like Shoigu, a goal of Prigozhin’s ire - has been seen or heard in public since then.

Prigozhin declared a “march of justice” to oust Shoigu and Gerasimov late Friday. Wagner mercenaries captured the southern metropolis of Rostov-on-Don after which marched towards Moscow, however withdrew after the Kremlin introduced a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to permit Prigozhin to maneuver to Belarus and obtain an amnesty, alongside along with his troopers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t made any public appearances since issuing a short televised tackle on Saturday through the mutiny.

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Speaking to reporters earlier than chairing a gathering of European Union international ministers in Luxembourg, the EU’s international coverage chief Josep Borrell stated that the Wagner revolt confirmed that the struggle in Ukraine is “cracking Russia’s political system.”

“The monster that Putin created with Wagner, the monster is biting him now,” Borrel stated Monday. “The monster is acting against his creator. The political system is showing fragilities, and the military power is cracking.”

Upon arriving to the assembly in Luxembourg, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg referred to as Prigozhin a “megalomaniac mercenary leader,” and stated the Wagner chief’s mutiny confirmed that “the evil spirit is out of the bottle” in Putin’s Russia.

“You almost have the feeling that the Russian president is like the sorcerer’s apprentice again. He can’t get rid of the ghosts he called, and they’re going to haunt him now,” Schallenberg stated.

During feedback in Vilnius, Lithuania on Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg referred to as the weekend mutiny “an internal Russian matter,” however stated it was “yet another demonstration of the big strategic mistake that President Putin made with his illegal annexation of Crimea and the war against Ukraine.”

Stoltenberg stated Ukraine’s counteroffensive is effectively underway, and that “the more land they are able to liberate, the stronger their hand will eventually be at the negotiating table, to achieve a just and lasting peace.”

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:

Russian mercenary chief’s exile ends revolt however leaves questions on Putin’s energy

Belarus deal to soak up chief of Russian rebel places him in an much more repressive nation

The chaos in Russia is a morale booster for Ukraine because it pushes ahead with its counteroffensive

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