FM Kuleba expects Ukraine to benefit from Wagner Group’s rebellion in Russia

The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the International Arsenal Book Festival in Kyiv, commenting on the Wagner Group’s mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to Radio Liberty [Radio Svoboda].

“Any rebellion, any issue arising in the enemy’s rear meet our interests… Now it is too early to predict the consequences [for Ukraine – Ed.], because Prigozhin turned against the entire machine of the Russian state, so it would be wrong to predict them too speculative. I repeat once again: any problems in the enemy’s rear are for the benefit of our victory,” Kuleba said.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy urged other countries to forget about friendship or doing business with Russia.

“Those who said Russia was too strong to lose: look now. Time to abandon false neutrality and fear of escalation; give Ukraine all the needed weapons; forget about friendship or business with Russia. Time to put an end to the evil everyone despised but was too afraid to tear down,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.

A reminder that, on June 23, 2023, the Wagner Group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced a demarche against the Russian military leadership, namely Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu.