Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their short-lived rebellion, while some of the mercenaries were shown Friday in Belarus, possibly heralding the group’s relocation there. Mr. Putin’s comments appeared to reflect his efforts to…
Putin Says He Offered Wagner Mercenaries the Option to Stay as a Single Unit
China’s Xi Jinping and the Galtieri Syndrome: Indicators of an Irrational War?
Commentary What motivates Xi Jinping? What could drive the actions of the leader of communist China is the key strategic question of the decade. Events and conditions ensure that there is a finite, short-term timeframe in which we will see profound strategic actions initiated by Mr. Xi before those factors turn against him. Is that…
Belarus Leader Lukashenko Says Prigozhin Back in Russia, Wagner Deployment Unclear
MINSK—The mutinous head of Russia’s Wagner group is no longer in Belarus and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday. Mr. Lukashenko said on June 27 that Yevgeny Prigozhin had arrived in Belarus as part of the deal that defused the crisis, which had seen…
ANALYSIS: Wagner Mercenaries ‘Dig In’ Across Africa, as Their Fate Hangs in the Balance
The Wagner Group’s units in Africa will not withdraw anytime soon, despite the recent aborted uprising against the Kremlin by their leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, and President Vladimir Putin’s call for them to be absorbed into the Russian army. That’s the view of most security analysts and members of intelligence agencies contacted by The Epoch Times….
China’s Defense Minister and Russia’s Navy Chief Meet for First Military Talks Since Wagner Revolt
BEIJING—China’s defense minister reaffirmed the country’s military relations with Russia during a meeting Monday with the head of Russia’s navy, the first formal military talks between the friendly neighbors since a short-lived mutiny by Russian mercenary group Wagner. Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu told Russian Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov that the Chinese regime hoped for…
ANALYSIS: China–Russia Coalition ‘Has Cracked’ After Wagner Mutiny
July 1, 2023
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Short-lived as it was, the Wagner rebellion has brought an impact rippling far beyond Russian borders. It could be the beginning of the end for the coalition that Beijing led with Moscow against the free world, some analysts have said. In a dramatic 24 hours, the paramilitary group captured world attention as it took over…
Wagner Troops Threaten Europe, NATO Allies Say
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the transatlantic military alliance is prepared to defend itself against the threat from the Wagner mercenary force that is relocating to Belarus after a short-lived rebellion in Russia. Wagner forces’ thunder run towards Moscow in protest against Russia’s military leadership last weekend ended in an amnesty deal with the…
Putin Planned to ‘Wipe Out’ Wagner Mutineers: Lukashenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin planned to kill mutinous Wagner fighters marching on Moscow before being talked down, according to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It is unclear how Putin planned to carry out his plan, but Lukashenko said during a June 27 meeting with military officials that the decision had been made to kill all the…
The Strange Wagner Coup
Commentary On June 24, mercenaries from the Wagner Group, the Kremlin’s private military company, abandoned the war in Ukraine and marched into Lipetsk, 225 miles south of Moscow, in an apparent insurrection. “This is not a military coup, but a march of justice,” declared the defiant commander of the Wagner mercenary army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, as he…
Why We Should Not Be Diverted by the Wagner Comic Opera
Commentary Military mutinies vary in nature and scope, but they can provide stimulus or course correction for the forces that suffer from them. Moscow carefully managed the brief mutiny (June 23–25) of its Wagner Group of contractor military fighters in Ukraine and had been working to bring to a head Wagner’s quasi-independent status. The path…
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