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What the papers say – June 27

Russian turmoil and fallout from two tragic deaths feature on the front pages of Tuesday’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 489 of the invasion

Lukashenko confirms Prigozhin is in Belarus; Putin tells security forces they averted a ‘civil war’; Zelenskiy claims advances ‘in all directions’

The Guardian - AU

How the Wagner rebellion inside Russia affects the war in Ukraine

More than a year after Russian tanks first rolled toward Kyiv, Russian authorities were blocking roads and bridges to defend their own capital.

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US denies any role in Russia uprising as allies watch and wait

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sought to preempt any talk from President Vladimir Putin that the West provoked the mercenary rebellion that shook Russia over the weekend, saying the United States and NATO had played no role and were still weighing its consequences.

Tribune News Service

Putin blasts Wagner ‘traitors’ after Prigozhin denies coup plot

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned leaders of the Wagner mercenary group as traitors to Russia in a late-night speech to the nation, his first public comments since the mutiny that posed the most serious threat to his nearly quarter-century rule.

Tribune News Service

Putin Calls For Justice After Russia Narrowly Avoids A Coup

Mercenary group's rebellion against military leadership ends in anticlimactic pullback

Zenger

Biden says US played no role in Russia’s Wagner mutiny: ‘We were not involved’

The short-lived rebellion by the mercenary group posed a serious challenge to Vladimir Putin’s rule in Russia

The Guardian - US

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Putin accuses West of wanting Russians 'to kill each other' in mutiny

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and its Western allies of wanting Russians to "kill each other" during a revolt by mercenaries of the Wagner group, which stunned the country with an aborted march on Moscow over the weekend.

Bangkok Post

Wagner mutiny exposed Putin's weakness

While the mutiny was short-lived and its goals unclear, it will have lasting effects

Salon

Morning Mail: Putin says mutiny leaders ‘betrayed their country’, Albanese’s approval falls, women win Ashes Test

Russian president makes appearance in late-night TV address, and Australian government ministers to tour country to drum up voice support as PM’s approval ratings slump

The Guardian - AU

Putin thanks those ‘who stood in the way of the mutineers’

Russian leader pays tribute to pilots killed in Wagner revolt and says he will honour amnesty promises for mercenaries.

Al Jazeera

'Stephen Lawrence suspect revelation too late for family - but not too late for Met Police'

News that Matthew White should also have faced charges over the racist murder which rocked our nation are a tough reminder of the changes still needed in the Met following the Casey Review

Daily Mirror

Putin insists Russia is united after the Wagner Group uprising, vows to uphold deal

In a brief five-minute speech, Putin seemed to reaffirm a deal he reached to end the conflict, which resulted in Wagner Group commander Yevgeny Prigozhin being exiled to Belarus.

WEKU

Putin says organizers of Wagner rebellion "will be brought to justice"

"Any kind of blackmail is doomed to failure," he added.

Axios

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Al Jazeera

Biden says US, NATO had no involvement in Wagner uprising

US president says NATO allies made sure there was ‘no excuse’ for Russia to blame the Wagner rebellion on the West.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Putin signs bill to rename Russia's WWII victory day

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on Saturday to rename the "Day of the End of World War II" on Sept. 3 to the "Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan and the end of World War II."

Tribune News Service

Prigozhin denies he planned coup, says Wagner will survive

Yevgeny Prigozhin broke his silence Monday for the first time since leading an armed rebellion, saying he wasn’t trying to oust Vladimir Putin’s government but would keep his Wagner mercenary company going despite official efforts to shut it down.

Daily Mirror

Defiant Putin vows to punish Wagner rebels as he breaks cover for first time since coup

Vladimir Putin gave a blistering live address to the world as he accused Wagner rebels of betraying Russia and claimed the West and Ukraine had been involved in the failed coup

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Daily Mirror

Russia on alert as '8,000 Wagner rebels' assemble close to base with nuclear weapons

Foreign Minister James Celeverly said he felt 'uncomfortable' about Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a military base home to nuclear weapons, telling the Commons he was keeping a 'very close eye' on the situation

The Hindu

Rebellion in Russia: on the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner private military company

Vladimir Putin may have brought temporary peace between his generals and warlords, but the reasons behind the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin remain unaddressed

Daily Mirror

Putin terrified of being overthrown and killed like fellow despots Gaddafi and Hussein

As the Wagner Group nearly attempted a coup against Vladimir Putin at the weekend, Mirror Defence Editor Chris Hughes looks at the warlord's fears of meeting a violent end

The Independent UK

Watch live: Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby hold White House briefing after Wagner rebellion

Watch live as Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby hold a White House briefing after the weekend abortive mutiny by heavily armed mercenary fighters from the Wagner group against Vladimir Putin.

WEKU

Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

Russians who fled to Turkey after their country invaded Ukraine worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin may increase repressive measures that will affect their loved ones back home.

Evening Standard

UK needs to prepare for potential ‘implosion’ of Russia, says ex-PM

Liz Truss also reiterated calls for Ukraine’s Nato membership to be fast-tracked

The Guardian - UK

Prigozhin crosses his Rubicon in echo of Caesar’s march on Rome

Wagner leader’s abortive mutiny was an irrevocable step that may yet have serious consequences

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