Aborted mutiny shows the weakness of Russian leadership: NATO
26-Jun-2023NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the aborted Wagner rebellion demonstrates the weakness of Russia’s leaders and the scale of the Kremlin’s strategic mistake in waging war on Ukraine.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the aborted Wagner rebellion demonstrates the weakness of Russia’s leaders and the scale of the Kremlin’s strategic mistake in waging war on Ukraine.
“The events over the weekend are an internal Russian matter and yet another demonstration of the big strategic mistake that President Putin made with his illegal annexation of Crimea and the war against Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told reporters on a visit to Lithuania.
“Of course, it is a demonstration of weakness,” he added. “It demonstrates the fragility the Russian regime, but it is not for NATO to intervene in those issues. That’s a Russian matter.”
Stoltenberg added that the alliance was also monitoring the situation in Belarus and assured Kyiv of NATO’s continued support.
“If Russia thinks it can intimidate us from supporting Ukraine, it will fail,” he said.
