U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday 'that support by the United States for Ukraine will not change.'
, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, warned against a"staged coup d'état."
Either Prigozhin will be destroyed within 24 hours by a missile strike ordered by Putin, or he will take over the Kremlin and declare himself as Russian military dictator. What comes next will be civil war and Russia's disintegration."The development of events shows that the actions of those who organized the military rebellion fully fit into the scheme of a staged coup d'état" he said, according to Russian media.
However, Menon explained that the escalating situation could present unique issues and problems, depending how the internal conflict plays out. Russia has a"bigger land area than the United States and Canada and Mexico put together. And we have no experience of witnessing, let alone managing, prolonged violent conflict in a nuclear armed country, least of all the world's second nuclear superpower," he said.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen. Prigozhin's revolt against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian military has raised concerns by some over the handling of Russian nukes.
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