🇺🇸🇪🇺 Blinken, G7 foreign ministers, EU chief diplomat Borrell discussed current situation in Russia

The US will stay in close coordination with allies and partners as the situation in Russia continues to develop, State Dept. said.

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❗️Wagner Group military equipment is moving across the Lipetsk region, all the necessary measures to ensure the safety of the population are being taken, the governor said.

Locals in the region were strongly recommended not to leave their homes and to avoid using public transport.

Lipetsk Region is located in the central part of European Russia, about 370 km south of Moscow.

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📹 Vladimir Putin's thoughts on treason

In an interview in 2018, the Russian president named the one thing he can't forgive.

He underscored that he can forgive almost anything but this.

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❗️Fact check: The truth about Wagner's armed mutiny

Fake: President Vladimir Putin has left Moscow.
Reality: Putin is currently working at the Kremlin, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

Fake: Streets are being blocked in Moscow.
Reality: Additional road posts have been set up in the capital, but they do not interfere with traffic. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said there were no restrictions on entry and exit from the city.

Fake: Riots broke out in Moscow's pre-trial detention centers.
Reality: Russian Federal Penitentiary Service has immediately refuted this information.

Fake: Wagner Group members released prisoners in Rostov-on-Don to join the mutiny.
Reality: This claim is being spread by Ukrainian forces, who cite a non-existent publication from the "161 dot ru" portal. There is no independent or credible confirmation of this assertion.

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📹 Members of the Wagner group on the roof of the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don

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📹 The situation in Moscow after the introduction of the counter-terrorist operation regime

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❗️ Statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry following the attempted military mutiny:

The Russian Foreign Ministry warns Western countries against any hint of a possible use of the internal Russian situation to achieve their Russophobic goals. Such attempts are futile and will not find a response either in Russia or among sensible political forces abroad.

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❗️ Deputy Chief of Security Council Dmitry Medvedev claimed that the participation of foreign specialists in the current military mutiny was "quite likely"

He stated that the development of events shows that the actions of the persons who organized the military rebellion fully fit into the scheme of a staged coup d'état.

Medvedev also called the current armed rebellion a well-thought-out and planned operation, the purpose of which is to seize power in the country.

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Russians urged to unite in face of Wagner armed mutiny attempt

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, emphasized the importance of unity under the commander-in-chief and warned against succumbing to the temptation to join the mutiny, as it would jeopardize everything Russia has fought for.

Zakharova acknowledged the challenges and temptations faced by the military but urged them to stand strong, reminding them that the entire country and future generations are watching. She emphasized that succumbing to personal interests would lead to the crumbling of Russia's values and goals.

Zakharova also highlighted the presence of external forces seeking to exploit civil strife within Russia, but assured that the Russians would not allow it.

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❗️ About five shots were heard near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, Sputnik's correspondent reports

❗️Latest developments of Wagner Group's armed mutiny:

▪️ Vladimir Putin discussed the situation with the presidents of Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkiye. Erdogan said that Ankara is ready to contribute to the settlement of the situation in Russia.

▪️ Deputy Chief of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called what is happening an attempt at a coup d'état, did not rule out the possible participation of foreigners in the rebellion, and called speculation about past grievances nonsense.

▪️ The Russian Foreign Ministry warned the West against any hints about the possible use of the internal Russian situation for their own Russophobic purposes.

▪️ An armed mutiny is a crime that cannot be justified by any past accomplishments, Russian intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin said.

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⚡️ Prigozhin accepted proposal to stop the movement of Wagner PMCs in Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tensions after President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, in agreement with the president of Russia, held talks with Prigozhin, the press service of the Belarusian president said.

❗️ Several world leaders, including from Belarus, Turkiye, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Abkhazia, have expressed their support for Russia amid the ongoing mutiny:

▪️ Belarus emphasized its close alliance with Russia and warned against internal conflicts that could benefit Western powers.

▪️ Turkish President Erdogan offered assistance to resolve the situation and stressed the importance of avoiding external interference.

▪️ Kazakhstan highlighted the need for constitutional order to be restored in Russia.

▪️ Iran supported the rule of law and considered the incident as Russia's internal affair.

▪️ Abkhazia expressed full support for Russian President Putin's actions and pledged to fulfill its allied obligations under any circumstances.

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⚡️Prigozhin: We will turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction

❗️ Evgeny Prigozhin has published an official audio message stating that the columns stopped 200 kilometers from Moscow. According to him, the moment had come "when blood could be shed". He has confirmed that PMC Wagner is turning it's columns back.

Scott Ritter: Ukrainian counteroffensive turning into 'suicide mission'

The long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive that kicked off on June 4 has bogged down, with Moscow projecting Ukrainian losses at over 13,000 troops and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. Ex-US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter has told Sputnik that NATO knew the counteroffensive would fail from the start. He explains why.

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📹 Sputnik's correspondent reports that Wagner members are starting tanks and loading ammunition at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don.

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❗️ Lukashenko and Putin held telephone conversations in which the president of Belarus informed about the results of negotiations with the leadership of the Wagner group

❗️ Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik tweeted his support for the Russian president:

“On behalf of the institutions and people of the Republika Srpska, and on my own behalf, I express my sincere support to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in his efforts to maintain peace and internal stability in Russia and restore order in the military sphere and other forces. I believe that the wisdom and strength of President Putin, as a true leader, will lead to calming the situation and that the more serious consequences of the betrayal of the Wagner group will be avoided," Milorad Dodik said in a statement.

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🇺🇸 The United States will postpone the introduction of new sanctions against PMC Wagner, according to local media.

As per the publication, the new sanctions were scheduled to be announced on Tuesday, but Washington does not want to look like it is taking one side or another in the situation in Russia.

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📹 The fighters of the Wagner group began to leave the territory near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, a Sputnik correspondent reports

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