Joe Biden takes jibe at Putin says if he was Wagner's boss he would be 'careful' regarding food menu
US President Joe Biden has cracked a joke after media reports suggested that Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin could be in danger for carrying out an attempted mutiny last month against Russian President Vladimir Putin and briefly capturing Moscow's military facility. In a press conference in Helsinki, Biden said, "If I were he I’d be careful what I ate...I would keep an eye on my menu". The joke was a reference to high-profile instances of Russian security services using nerve agents and polonium to poison and kill political enemies of President Vladimir Putin.
Biden said world leaders at the NATO summit in Vilnius discussed not knowing where Prigozhin was currently located, and uncertainty around how the mutiny might impact Russian operations in Ukraine and the future of the Wagner Group. As per the latest report, Belarus has said instructors from the Russian mercenary force Wagner were training its troops. The Belarusian defence ministry appeared to confirm Friday that at least some Wagner fighters had arrived.
"Near Asipovichy, units of territorial defence troops are undergoing training," the defence ministry told AFP News. The Wagner group, which recruited extensively from Russian prisons, played a key role in the Ukraine offensive. A video released by the Belarusian defence ministry showed masked fighters as instructors in the drills for soldiers living in a nearby tent camp.
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