Ukrainian units are forcing their Russian foes back by what on some days seems like a few metres at a time. But on June 24, at least some Russian troops moved much more rapidly toward their own capital.
Our last Ukraine recap, which we published and sent out on June 22, looked in some detail at the very public row between the country’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the boss of the Wagner Group private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Barely had our ink dried when Prigozhin led 25,000 of his troops back into Russia.
With a call to his men to join him on a “march for justice” to oust the defence minister, Prigozhin made what appeared to be a triumphant entrance to Rostov-on-Don, the site of the headquarters of the southern command of the Russian military, where he boasted of having “taken control”. Certainly plenty of images appeared of him and his troops disporting themselves around the city, seemingly with the enthusiastic backing of many of the people there.
