US President Joe Biden said Monday that the brief uprising by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin is part of a struggle within the US system and that the US and its allies were not involved.
“We made it clear that we were not involved, that we had nothing to do with thisBiden said in his first remarks on the Wagner mercenaries mutiny that fizzled out over the weekend.
At an event held at the White House, Biden referred to the dramatic power struggle that broke out over the weekend, when the rioters headed towards Moscow and stopped short of reaching the capital.
Biden claimed that he had ordered his national security team to update him on the situation “hour by hour” and to prepare for a series of scenarios, which he did not detail.
Russian intelligence services are investigating whether Western spy agencies played a role in the aborted uprising, the TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
America’s Intelligence Community”it was consistant“that the riot orchestrated by Wagner’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, “it was a possibility”, and reported to Congress “consequentlybefore it started, a source familiar with the matter said, on condition of anonymity.
Biden said he spoke with key allies via video conference to make sure everyone was on the same page and coordinated in their response.
“They agreed with me that we had to make sure that we didn’t give Russian President Vladimir Putin any excuse to blame this on the West and NATO.”, he detailed.
Biden, who spoke with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelinskiy on Sunday, said he would speak to him again later on Monday or Tuesday morning to make sure they are “in the same page”.
He was also scheduled to speak later with the leader of another ally whose name he did not disclose. He added that he and his team would continue to assess the consequences of the incident. “It’s still too early to come to a definitive conclusion about where this is going to go.”.
He added that his message to allies is that “it is important that we remain fully coordinated”.
Source: Reuters
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