Washington (EFE).- US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is weaker after the armed rebellion led by the Wagner Group last weekend.
Biden made these statements to the press at the White House before boarding the helicopter to head to Chicago, where he will give a speech on his economic proposals.
A journalist asked the president if Putin was weaker after the armed mutiny, to which the US leader replied: “I know he is, yes.”
Biden after the Wagner mutiny: Putin is losing the war
In addition, before another question, Biden said that it is “difficult” to know how the riot has affected Putin, but considered that “he is clearly losing the war” in Ukraine.
“He is losing the war at home. He is a pariah throughout the world, ”the president stressed.
The Wagner Group is a Russian private security company owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, contracted by the Kremlin for the war in Ukraine.
A group of soldiers from the Group, led by Prigozhin, launched an uprising last Friday and, after declaring themselves in absentia, occupied the city of Rostov on Don and sent four columns to Moscow.
A day later, the leader of the Wagner group himself announced his withdrawal, after the mediation of the Belarusian leader Alekandr Lukashenko, and the return of his combatants to the permanent bases. Following an agreement with the Kremlin, Prigozhin moved to Belarus and there can be no charges against him.
Prigozhin stressed on Monday in his first statements after the failed mutiny that he only sought to save the private military company from disappearance and not change power in Russia.
Last Monday, Biden affirmed that he kept in contact with the “key” allies of the United States to coordinate their response and ensure that the Russian president did not blame them for what happened. He also pointed out that he spoke on Sunday with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky.
