Ukraine Pres. Zelenskyy's chief aide says the brief armed rebellion in Russia over the weekend marks 'the beginning of the end' of the war in Ukraine.
, and Russia's top military brass escalated on Friday night as Prigozhin's forces left the front line in Ukraine and marched across the border to seize the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.the Russian military of deliberately shelling his fighters in Ukraine earlier that day. Before the revolt, the mercenary leader had clashed for months with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen.
Members of the Wagner Group military company load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District.The reason why the chaotic uprising came to a sudden end was a mystery, given that Prigozhin appeared to have been in a dominant position, a senior U.S. official told ABC News on Saturday.
"Whether someone wants it or not, Russia will have to go through it," he said during the interview on Saturday. "We definitely understand that the events we are seeing today in Russia can significantly speed up the process of bringing an end to the war and significantly speed up the beginning of the transformation of the political system in Russia itself," he added.
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