“It was not our goal to overthrow the regime,” Prigozhin said in audio uploaded to his Concord Group’s Telegram page. Prigozhin expressed regret that more than a dozen Russian airmen were killed in the shoot-down of six Russian helicopters and one command and control plane. “The majority of Wagner Group soldiers and commanders are also Russian patriots, loyal to their people and their state,” Putin said. “We gave Putin no excuse to blame this on the West and to blame this on NATO,” Biden said. with Markus Garlauskas, director of the Atlantic Council's Indo-Pacific Security Initiative https://www.csis.org/events/what-next-north-korea10 a.m. — Center for Strategic and International Studies virtual discussion: "Previewing Vilnius," with U.K.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2023 17:10 UTC