The armed munity on the Kremlin led by mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin highlights Russia’s “full-scale weakness,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday,, adding “no lie can hide” the “chaos” inside the country.
“Russia’s weakness is obvious. Full-scale weakness,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter. “And the longer Russia keeps its troops and mercenaries on our land, the more chaos, pain, and problems it will have for itself later.”
“Everyone who chooses the path of evil destroys themselves,” Zelensky also wrote. “… Who terrorizes with missiles, and when they are shot down, humiliates himself to receive Shahed drones. Who despises people and throws hundreds of thousands into the war, in order to eventually barricade himself in the Moscow region from those whom he himself armed.
“For a long time, Russia used propaganda to mask its weakness and the stupidity of its government. And now there is so much chaos that no lie can hide it.”
He also boasted it’s “obvious” Ukraine “is able to protect Europe from the spread of Russian evil and chaos.”
“We keep our resilience, unity and strength. All our commanders, all our soldiers know what to do. Glory to Ukraine!” said Zelensky, whose country has been fighting off a Russian invasion since February 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday to crush the armed rebellion by Prigozhin, who led his troops out of Ukraine and into a key city south of Moscow.
The uprising, which Putin called “a stab in the back,” was the biggest threat to his leadership in over two decades in power.
Prigozhin’s private military contractor, known as the Wagner Group, has been fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine.
The rebellion marks an escalation in Prigozhin’s struggle with Russian military leaders, who he has accused of botching the war in Ukraine and hamstringing his forces in the field.
With Post wires
