Washington: US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had no role in the uprising of the private military group ‘Wagner’ in Russia. Biden has called it a “struggle within the Russian system”. Biden and US allies backing Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion have signaled a move away from the shocking uprising of ‘Wagner’ troops, which has seen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s more than two decades in power. considered to be the biggest challenge. However, Biden worries that Putin may allege Western involvement in the event to rally the Russians to his defense.
Joe Biden and his administration officials, however, declined to comment immediately on what the 22-hour uprising led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the ‘Wagner’ group, might do to Russia’s war in Ukraine and Russia itself. There will be an impact. Biden said, ‘We will continue to assess the events of this weekend and its impact on Russia and Ukraine. However, it is too early to reach any definite conclusions about it. In his first public statement since the uprising, Putin blamed “Russia’s enemies” and said he had “miscalculated”. Did. However, he did not say to whom he meant.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said US diplomats are in contact with their counterparts in Moscow regarding the controversial weekend in Russia, to clarify that the US government is treating the matter as an internal matter of Russia. case, in which America is only a spectator. Miller said US diplomats also stressed that they expect Russia to ensure the safety of the US embassy here and the Americans detained there.
Joe Biden told reporters at the White House that he and the leaders of America’s allies spoke on a “video call” over the weekend and all were determined to give Putin “no excuse to blame it on the West”. Did. Biden said, ‘We have made it clear that we were not involved in this. We have nothing to do with it. It’s part of Russia’s internal struggle.” Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said the US and NATO countries “do not want to be accused of trying to destabilize Putin”. Gruppe last weekend ordered its fighters to march towards Moscow. However, Prigozhin suddenly announced his withdrawal from the deal with Russia and went to Belarus.
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