Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said last month’s attempted mutiny by Wagner mercenaries failed because the country’s armed forces “remained true to their oath.”
In his first public comments on the uprising, Shoigu told officers at a meeting broadcast on state television that the “attempt to destabilize the situation in Russia” hasn’t affected military operations in Ukraine.
Russia earlier launched a barrage of 17 Iranian-made drones across southern, eastern and central regions of Ukraine, 13 of which were shot down, according to Ukraine’s air-defense force.
Fighting in and around Bakhmut intensified again, with some positions changing hands several times a day, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Telegram. Ukrainian forces continued to advance south of Bakhmut, she said. In Sumy near the Russian border, two people were killed and 19 injured, the regional governor’s office said on Telegram. Drones also hit the building of the Security Service of Ukraine in Sumy, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address.
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