Biden on Wagner Mutiny: ‘We Were Not Involved’
The United States and its allies had nothing to do with the mutiny undertaken by Yevgeny Prigozhin and the private Russian army known as the Wagner Group that occurred in Russia on June 23–24, President Joe Biden said.
The president commented on the short-lived insurrection during White House remarks on June 26, saying that he had been in constant communication with U.S. allies over the weekend to prepare for a range of possible outcomes.
“They agreed with me that we had to make sure we gave Putin no excuse—let me emphasize—we gave Putin no excuse to blame this on the West or to blame this on NATO. We made clear that we were not involved,” Biden said….