Photo: SERGEI GUNEYEV
Russia’s government is moving to demonstrate it still has control over the country, following a brief mutiny by one of the country’s most powerful military groups.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus in exile on Tuesday (June 27), after his fighters protested of the Russian Military’s handling of the Ukraine conflict.
Ukraine hopes the chaos caused by the mutiny attempt will undermine Russian defences, as it presses a counteroffensive to recapture occupied territory.
Members of Wagner group look out from a military vehicle in Rostov-on-Don late on 24 June 2023. Photo: ROMAN ROMOKHOV / AFP
Dr Jack Watling is the senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest and the UK’s leading defence and security thinktank. Originally from New Zealand, he has spent periods of time since this war began on the ground with the armed forces in Ukraine, and has won international media awards for his analysis.
