1 UKRAINE/RUSSIA
Zelenskiy praises military gains amid Moscow turmoil
Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday praised his country’s troops for advancing “in all sectors”, after visiting frontline soldiers amid the turmoil in Russia caused by the Wagner uprising.
The Ukrainian president’s upbeat remarks followed the brief rebellion of Vladimir Putin’s mercenary force last weekend, led by its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Russian president made a TV address on Monday in which he said that the enemies of Russia “wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other, to kill military personnel and civilians, so that in the end Russia would lose, and our society would split, choke in bloody civil strife”.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said the special services were investigating whether western intelligence services were involved in Prigozhin’s rebellion.
On Monday Prigozhin issued a defiant 11-minute statement in which he defended the Wagner uprising and denied he had sought to topple the president. He said the rebellion had shown there were “serious problems with security” and that “society demanded it” because of the failures of Russia’s military leadership.
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2 CANADA
Investigations begin into tragedy of the Titan sub
Authorities launched multiple inquiries into the loss of the Titan submersible, as Canadian investigators boarded its supply vessel, the Polar Prince, above, after it docked in St John’s, Newfoundland, to interview crew and probe voyage logs.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada confirmed it was investigating the deaths of five
