克里姆林宫表示，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周六听取了关于“武装叛乱未遂”的简报，此前雇佣军Wagner集团的领导人声称控制了靠近乌克兰边境的俄罗斯重要城市罗斯托夫的军事设施。
英国国防部6月24日表示，忠于雇佣军首领叶夫根尼·普里戈津(Yevgeny Prigozhin)的部队正向北朝着莫斯科行进，这是“俄罗斯国家近年来面临的最重大挑战”。到了那天晚上，他们转过身来。
什么是瓦格纳集团?
瓦格纳集团是私人军事组织据美国官员称，该组织由俄罗斯领导人弗拉基米尔·普京的长期盟友叶夫根尼·普里戈津(Yevgeny Prigozhin)领导，拥有数万名战士。
今年早些时候，美国将该组织称为“重大跨国犯罪组织”，并实施了新的制裁，而人权观察人士本周表示，他们怀疑瓦格纳战士与去年马里的大规模杀戮有关。
政府报告、美国官员的声明、专家的见解以及其他来源揭示了瓦格纳集团的历史和目标、其被指控的不法行为及其对俄罗斯、乌克兰和世界其他地方的重要性。
官员称，美国将宣布向乌克兰提供5亿美元军事援助
一名美国官员告诉ABC新闻，美国将于周二宣布对乌克兰的另一项军事援助计划。
该官员称，5亿美元的一揽子援助计划将包括30辆布拉德利步兵战车、25辆Stryker装甲车、用于HIMARS系统和爱国者防空系统的导弹、牵引导弹、标枪和更多火炮弹药。
这将是总统缩编授权下的第41个援助计划，允许从美国军事库存向乌克兰转移武器。
普京表达对瓦格纳反叛企图的蔑视
在瓦格纳集团试图游行至莫斯科并推翻政府后，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京首次发表公开言论。
在一份预先录制的视频声明中，普京感谢俄罗斯人在苦难中的忍耐、团结和爱国精神，并声称任何勒索企图都注定要失败。
俄罗斯总统新闻服务通过美联社
2023年6月26日，周一，俄罗斯总统新闻处发布了这张资料照片，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京在莫斯科进行视频讲话。
普京说，武装叛乱会被镇压。
“叛乱的组织者背叛了他们的国家和人民，也背叛了那些被卷入犯罪的人。他们对他们撒谎，在枪林弹雨中把他们推向死亡，向他们自己人开枪，”普京说。
俄罗斯总统指出，大多数瓦格纳战士是“爱国者”
“我感谢瓦格纳集团的士兵和指挥官，他们做出了唯一正确的决定，”普京说。"他们没有去自相残杀，他们停在了最后一线."
普京向参与叛乱的瓦格纳集团成员提供了加入国防部或其他执法机构或回国的选择。
普京在叛乱未遂后发表声明
据俄罗斯媒体报道，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京定于周一晚上发表公开声明。
这将是他自失败的瓦格纳集团企图叛乱以来的首次公开评论。
拜登称美国和北约没有参与瓦格纳叛乱
乔·拜登总统直言不讳解决瓦格纳集团在周末的行动。
他说，周五反叛开始时，美国及其盟友召开了会议。
拜登在白宫的新闻发布会上说:“他们同意我的看法，我们必须确保我们没有给普京任何借口，让我强调，没有给普京任何借口将此归咎于西方或北约。”
总统补充说，这一事件是“俄罗斯体制内斗争的一部分。”
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin says armed rebellion would have been suppressed
Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed Saturday on an "attempted armed rebellion," the Kremlin said, after the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group claimed control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don, a key Russian city near the Ukrainian border.
Forces loyal to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary leader, were traveling north toward Moscow in the "most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times," the U.K. Ministry of Defense said June 24. By that evening, they'd turned around.
What is the Wagner Group?
The Wagner Group is aprivate military organizationrun by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a longtime ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, with tens of thousands of fighters, according to U.S. officials.
Earlier this year, the U.S. labeled the group a "significant transnational criminal organization" and levied new sanctions, while human rights observers this week said they suspected Wagner fighters were linked to the mass killing of people in Mali last year.
Government reports, statements from U.S. officials and insights from experts, as well as other sources, shed light on the Wagner group's history and goals, its alleged wrongdoings and its importance to Russia -- in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.
US to announce $500M in military aid to Ukraine, official says
The U.S. will announce another military aid package for Ukraine Tuesday, a U.S. official told ABC News.
The $500 million aid package will include 30 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, 25 Stryker armored vehicles, missiles for the HIMARS system and the Patriot air defense system, TOW missiles, Javelins and more ammunition for artillery, according to the official.
This will be the 41st aid package under the Presidential Drawdown Authority that allows the transfer of weapons from U.S. military stockpiles to Ukraine.
Putin expresses defiance against attempted Wagner rebellion
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his first public remarks after the Wagner Group attempted to march to Moscow and overthrow the government.
In a pre-recorded video statement, Putin thanked the Russians for their endurance, solidarity and patriotism during the ordeal and claimed that any blackmail attempt was doomed to fail.
Putin said an armed rebellion would have been suppressed.
"The organizers of the rebellion, betraying their country, their people, betrayed those who were drawn into the crime. They lied to them, pushed them to death, under fire, to shoot at their own," Putin said.
The Russian president noted that the majority of Wagner fighters were "patriots."
"I thank those soldiers and commanders of the Wagner Group who made the only right decision," Putin said. "They did not go to fratricidal bloodshed, they stopped at the last line."
Putin offered Wagner Group members who participated in the rebellion the option of joining the defense ministry or other law enforcement agencies or returning home.
Putin to make statement following attempted rebellion
Russian President Vladimir Putin is slated to make public statements Monday evening, according to Russian media.
This will be his first public comment since the failed Wagner Group attempted rebellion.
Biden says US, NATO not involved in Wagner rebellion
President Joe Biden spoke outaddressedthe Wagner Group's actions over the weekend.
He said the U.S. and its allies convened on Friday when the rebellion began.
"They agreed with me that we had to make sure we gave Putin no excuse, let me emphasize, gave Putin no excuse to blame this on the West or to blame this on NATO," Biden said at a news conference at the White House.
The president added that the incident was "part of a struggle within the Russian system."
