“Wagner’s uprising caused a lot of confusion among Russians”
Russia’s security establishment has entered a period of ambiguity and negotiation after the storm that surrounded the Wagner Group mercenary mutiny has abated. Because now it is not even clear who will be at the helm, reports the British Ministry of Defense in its daily intelligence update.
Wagner’s troops arrive in Belarus
Troops of the mercenary army have arrived in Belarus, Ukrainian and Polish representatives said. The arrival comes a day after Minsk confirmed Wagner would begin training Belarusian troops east of the Belarusian capital.
“Wagner is in Belarus,” Ukraine Border Agency spokesman Andriy Demchenko said in a statement on Telegram.
UK Defense Secretary: My words have been misinterpreted
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has backtracked on his statements that Ukraine should be “more grateful” for the military aid it has received. According to Wallace, his statements were “misinterpreted”.
Wallace tweeted that clarification in Ukrainian, while also expressing his support for the country. He also said that his remarks were not directed at the government, but at Ukrainian citizens and members of parliament.
Governor of Crimea: intercepted drone attacks in Sevastopol
Russian anti-aircraft forces and the Russian military fleet in the Black Sea intercepted eight Ukrainian drones over the port city of Sevastopol, in the Crimea, on Sunday morning, a governor installed on that peninsula from Moscow said in a Telegram message.
“No objects in the city or in the coastal area were damaged,” Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on social media.
Ukraine was not immediately available for comment on the attack on the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, according to the Reuters news agency.
Arrests in Russia after ‘murder plot’ on journalists
The Russian intelligence agency FSB has arrested seven people suspected of trying to kill two prominent journalists. The five minors and two adult men allegedly planned to kill Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian state television RT, and Ksenia Sobchak, a well-known TV presenter.
Russia claims Ukraine is behind assassination plot. Interfax, Russia’s state news agency, says those arrested admitted to the FSB that the order for the killings came from Kiev and that they would receive 1.5 million Russian rubles (just under $15,000) for the killing.