House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) underscored the military might of Russia’s renegade mercenary Wagner Group, which launched the mutiny before then quickly calling it off, …
The Wagner chief also accused the Russian Defense Ministry of plotting a missile strike that killed some of his men.
House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner on Sunday called the standoff between the Kremlin and the Wagner Group “inevitable. “Even Chairman Xi now, I think, is looking at Putin, his ally, thinking, ‘My God, is this my ally who has been weakened?’ as [Xi] assesses a potential invasion into Taiwan,” McCaul said, referring to China’s Communist Party chairman, Xi Jinping.
Former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan says the Biden administration “is rightfully concerned.”over the upheaval, warning that an ouster of Putin could lead to an even worse situation for the US involving Russia.
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