In the crisis surrounding the Wagner mutiny, a solution is emerging thanks to the mediation of Alexander Lukashenko: Yevgeny Prigozhin has agreed to end the advance of the Wagner columns on Moscow. In an audio message in the evening, the Wagner boss confirmed that the mercenaries will now return to their camps.
Russian President Dmitry Peskov's spokesman confirmed in the evening that an agreement had been reached with the rebellious Wagner units through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The content of the agreement is, among other things, that the head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, will move to Belarus and the criminal case...
The soldiers of the Chechen special unit Akhmat, who were sent to Rostov-on-Don yesterday to suppress the Wagner mutiny, are now returning to the war zone. The fighters strictly adhered to the orders and did not allow bloodshed, the head of the Russian republic of Chechnya stressed.
In Greece, elections will be held again this Sunday. Although the ruling New Democracy (ND) under Kyriakos Mitsotakis won the elections at the end of May, it fell short of an absolute majority. According to the latest polls, it could work this time.
Protests in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform continue, although the reform has been put on hold. Now former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for an intensification of the protest measures, which have been going on for 25 weeks.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said after talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that relations between the two countries were at their lowest point in more than 40 years. However, the US State Department described the talks as "open".
The New York Times reports on Russia's changed tactics on the battlefield. Moscow has "improved its defense, artillery coordination, and air support," which should make it a stronger adversary, especially on defense.
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken is on a state visit to China. The visit comes at a time of growing tensions. China accuses the U.S. of arming Taiwan and creating tensions in the Taiwan Strait. Germany supports the escalation course of the United States.
The attempt by Ukrainian troops to break through to Russian positions in the Zaporozhye region has failed. In the process, the Ukrainian side suffered significant losses in soldiers and materiel, as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu explained.
Some U.S. lawmakers are pushing for further punitive measures against Syria to avert ongoing normalization efforts between Damascus and the Arab world.
