
Biden: U.S. "had nothing to do with" Wagner rebellion in Russia
"We had nothing to do with it. This was part of a struggle within the Russian system," President Biden said of the Wagner mercenary group's uprising in Russia.
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"We had nothing to do with it. This was part of a struggle within the Russian system," President Biden said of the Wagner mercenary group's uprising in Russia.
Russian state TV showed the country's minister of defense meeting troops as the Kremlin appeared keen to put a brief "rebellion" quickly behind.
Thousands of mercenary troops from the Wagner Group marched toward Moscow over the weekend in what some are calling an attempted coup. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a deal to stop the rebellion with the Wagner Group's leader, who is now said to be in exile. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
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Mercenaries from the Wagner Group moved in on key positions in Russia in an attempted uprising over the weekend, briefly advancing toward Moscow. The private army has been helping Russian President Vladimir Putin wage war in Ukraine. Rylee Carlson has the details on what happened and Mary Ilyushina has more on what happens now.
Tensions had been growing recently between the head of the mercenary Wagner Group and Russia's top defense officials. On Saturday, their war of words exploded into a mutiny. CBS News' Ian Lee, Weijia Jiang and Charlie D'Agata have more on how the mutiny precipitated, how Russian citizens, Ukraine and the U.S. are reacting and who exactly the fighters of Wagner Group are.
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Wagner chief's Yevgeny Prigozhin's armed rebellion casts doubt on whether Putin controls the Russian military, the House Intelligence chair said.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group, on Saturday agreed to truce with the Kremlin brokered by Belarus after his forces had seized control of regional Russian military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and had began marching towards Moscow. Prigozhin threatened Russia's military leadership after expressing frustration with the war in Ukraine. Ian Lee has the latest.
Wagner forces had been moving north toward Moscow, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Saturday.
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Mercenary troops that were part of Russia's army in the war with Ukraine have mounted an armed uprising in Russia. Ian Lee reports from Dnipro, Ukraine with more on this rapidly changing situation.
The owner of the Wagner private military contractor has escalated his direct challenge to the Kremlin, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia's defense minister.
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