The developments of the ongoing Wagner rebellion in Russia are being followed very closely in Ukraine, as the consequences on the ground, in the midst of a counter-offensive, could be significant. So a good part of the night, many Ukrainians remained suspended on social networks. This Saturday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, considered that the armed mutiny of the Wagner group illustrated the weakness of Russia, a country immersed in ” evil and chaos “.
With our correspondent in kyiv, Stephane Siohan
In Kiev, at the height of the state and the army, we are observing very closely what is happening this morning in Rostov-on-Don, which is the headquarters of the Russian army in rear of operations in Ukraine. It is certain that the Ukrainian military will use every opportunity to use the unrest in Russia to its own advantage in southern and eastern Ukraine. “ Russia’s weakness is obvious. A total weakness “, estimated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks ; “ it is equally obvious that Ukraine is capable of protecting Europe against contamination by evil and Russian chaos continued Mr. Zelensky.
This Saturday morning, an emoticon could sum up the mood of Ukrainians, that of “popcorn”. In any case, the symbol is widely used on social networks to describe the certain amusement of Ukrainian Internet users at the rather mind-blowing spectacle offered in Russia, which almost makes Yevgeny Prigojine a kind of very circumstantial ally of the Ukrainians.
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Other institutions have gone there with sibylline messages on Telegram and Twitter. Thus, the state’s number two, Andriy Yermak posted a message just adorned with two large eyes that move from left to right. The Minister of Defense tweeted to him in the evening three words in English “ We are watching ” (we look).
In general, the Ukrainian comments are very sarcastic, because for a growing part of the public opinion, the war must end not only with the victory of Ukraine, but with a collapse of the regime of Vladimir Putin. We are not there yet of course, but overnight, Kyrylo Budanov, the powerful head of Ukrainian military intelligence, wrote on Telegram that ” rival Russian factions had begun to devour each other for power and money and that Putin’s fragile dictatorship was falling “.
(And with AFP)
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