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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow sought on Monday to portray a return to business as usual after a weekend revolt by mercenary forces threatened Kremlin President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, one of the main targets of the warlord Wagner Yevgeny PrigozhinThe revolution was shown on state television during the inspection of the troops in Ukraine.
Officials in Moscow and the Voronezh region, south of the capital, raised emergency “anti-terror” security measures imposed to protect the capital from rebel attack.
Putin himself has yet to appear in public since the rebellion ended, and Prigozhin was last seen on Saturday leaving the southern city of Rostov-on-Don in an armed Wagner convoy.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin declared the situation in the city “stable”, and thanked Muscovites for their “calmness and understanding” during the crisis.
On Saturday, with Wagner’s columns pressing on the capital and clashes with regular forces in Voronezh, which borders Ukraine, orders were given to set up an “anti-terror” regime.
The Russian operation in Ukraine continued through the crisis, with Shoigu – whom Prigozhin had threatened to overthrow – striving to demonstrate.
He was shown on state television on Monday visiting a Russian command bunker in Ukraine and flying in a helicopter to inspect forces fighting a counteroffensive in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said that during the meeting, the minister highlighted the “great competence in detecting and destroying” Ukrainian weapons systems and soldiers.
However, Ukrainian military leaders insisted they were making progress on a multi-directional offensive targeting the Russian lines in the south and east of the country.
“We are eliminating the enemy from its positions on the sides of the city of Bakhmut,” said the commander of the ground force, Oleksandr Sersky.
“Ukraine is regaining its territory. We are moving forward,” he said.
Deputy Defense Minister Jana Malyar said Ukraine had recaptured 17 square kilometers of territory in the past week, bringing the total for the June offensive to 130.
Russian forces led by Prigozhin’s private army captured the grape-growing and salt-mining city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, one of the main targets of the warlord Wagner Yevgeny PrigozhinThe revolution was shown on state television during the inspection of the troops in Ukraine.
Officials in Moscow and the Voronezh region, south of the capital, raised emergency “anti-terror” security measures imposed to protect the capital from rebel attack.
Putin himself has yet to appear in public since the rebellion ended, and Prigozhin was last seen on Saturday leaving the southern city of Rostov-on-Don in an armed Wagner convoy.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin declared the situation in the city “stable”, and thanked Muscovites for their “calmness and understanding” during the crisis.
On Saturday, with Wagner’s columns pressing on the capital and clashes with regular forces in Voronezh, which borders Ukraine, orders were given to set up an “anti-terror” regime.
The Russian operation in Ukraine continued through the crisis, with Shoigu – whom Prigozhin had threatened to overthrow – striving to demonstrate.
He was shown on state television on Monday visiting a Russian command bunker in Ukraine and flying in a helicopter to inspect forces fighting a counteroffensive in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said that during the meeting, the minister highlighted the “great competence in detecting and destroying” Ukrainian weapons systems and soldiers.
However, Ukrainian military leaders insisted they were making progress on a multi-directional offensive targeting the Russian lines in the south and east of the country.
“We are eliminating the enemy from its positions on the sides of the city of Bakhmut,” said the commander of the ground force, Oleksandr Sersky.
“Ukraine is regaining its territory. We are moving forward,” he said.
Deputy Defense Minister Jana Malyar said Ukraine had recaptured 17 square kilometers of territory in the past week, bringing the total for the June offensive to 130.
Russian forces led by Prigozhin’s private army captured the grape-growing and salt-mining city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region.
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