According to the White House, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has exchanged views on the situation in Russia with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The partners reaffirmed their ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine, a US government statement disclosed.
Biden was also briefed on Saturday morning by his national security team on developments in Russia, where a mercenary force is challenging the government, NAN reports.
Other attendees to he meeting included United States Vice President Kamala Harris, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and Secretaries of Defence and State Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken, the statement said.
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Meanwhile, reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has finally ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid ‘shedding Russian blood’ and agreed to live in exile in Belarus – ending one of the biggest test to President Vladimir Putin’s decades-long rule.
Prigozhin explained that while his men were just 200km (120 miles) from the Russian capital, he decided on Saturday to turn them back to prevent killings.
‘They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on June 23. Now, the moment has come when blood could be spilled,’ said Prigozhin in an audio message.
‘Understanding responsibility [for the chance] that Russian blood will be spilled on one side, we are turning our columns around and going back to field camps as planned.’
Moscow braced for the arrival of the private army led by the rebellious mercenary commander by erecting checkpoints with armoured vehicles and troops on its southern edge. Red Square was shut down and the mayor urged motorists to stay off some roads