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Sergei Supinsky | Afp | Getty ImagesUkrainian forces can look to take advantage of the Wagner Group's short-lived armed rebellion, analysts said, with confusion among Russia's military leadership expected to considerably weaken their war effort. A weekend of mayhem has left observers of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine questioning what could happen next. Tony Brenton, former British ambassador to Russia, agreed that the Wagner mercenary group had been the most effective component of Russia's military in Ukraine to date. watch nowUltimately, Barranco said the recent turn of events is likely to provide Ukraine's military leadership with something of an opportunity after more than 16 months of fighting. Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin left the Southern Military District headquarters on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPutin's future depends on war outcome, former British ambassador to Russia saysTony Brenton, former British ambassador to Russia, discusses Russia and President Vladimir Putin's future following the Wagner revolt.
Persons: Tony Brenton, Vladimir Putin's, Wagner Locations: British, Russia
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDrone attacks on Moscow will strengthen Russian support for the war, says former U.K. ambassadorSir Tony Brenton, former U.K. ambassador to Russia, says that drone attacks on Moscow could strengthen Russian President Vladimir Putin's position.
Persons: Sir Tony Brenton, Vladimir Putin's Locations: Moscow, Russia, Russian
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRussia's strategy of bombing Ukraine 'into being ready to talk' isn't working: Former ambassadorTony Brenton, former British Ambassador to Russia, says he doesn't think serious negotiations are close.
Putin cautioned it was no bluff, and Western politicians, diplomats and nuclear weapons experts are divided. Some say he could use one or more smaller, tactical nuclear weapons to try to stave off military defeat, protect his presidency, scare off the West or intimidate Kyiv into capitulation. And those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them," he said. Such blunt Kremlin rhetoric is very different to the much more nuanced nuclear signals preferred by late Soviet leaders after Nikita Khrushchev took the world to the brink of nuclear war in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Burns, though, said U.S. intelligence had no practical evidence that Putin was moving towards using tactical nuclear weapons imminently.
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