Zelenskyy Discusses Russia's Wagner Coup With Biden Trudeau

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday discussed the brief armed rebellion by mercenary group Wagner in Russia with the United States President Joe Biden. "I spoke with US President Joseph Biden. A positive and inspiring conversation," Zelensky tweeted. "We discussed the course of hostilities and the processes taking place in Russia," he said, adding the two had also discussed long-range weapons. The development was separately confirmed by the White House, reported news agency AFP.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mercenary group Wagner&rsquo;s chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin sparked Russia&rsquo;s largest political crisis in decades on Friday after he vowed to topple the Russian military leadership.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But the tensions subsided relatively peacefully after the two parties reached a deal with Prigozhin to go into exile and sounded the retreat.&nbsp;</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I spoke with 🇺🇸 President <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>. A positive and inspiring conversation.<br /><br />We discussed the course of hostilities and the processes taking place in Russia. The world must put pressure on Russia until international order is restored. <br /><br />I thanked the <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> for the unflagging&hellip;</p> &mdash; Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1673046653903798277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As per the deal announced by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Prigozhin will go to neighbouring Belarus and charges of mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped, reported news agency Associated Press. It also said that it would not prosecute fighters who took part in the rebellion while those who did not join in were to be offered contracts by the defence ministry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two leaders also discussed more US aid&nbsp; "with an emphasis on long-range weapons" and coordinated the two countries' positions on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius next month, Zelenskyy said.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>ALSO READ: <a title="Greece General Election: Conservative PM Mitsotakis May Secure Power As Greeks Vote For Second Poll In 2 Months" href="https://ift.tt/Kgtw2jF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greece General Election: Conservative PM Mitsotakis May Secure Power As Greeks Vote For Second Poll In 2 Months</a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ukrainian President also discussed the Wagner revolt with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sharing "Ukraine's assessments of the attempted coup in Russia and the impact of this situation on the course of hostilities".</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also held a separate conversation with Polish President Andrzej Duda and discussed the situation on the battlefield and the threat to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in southern Ukraine, held by Russian forces.</span></p>

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