Ukrainian Ambassador: EU considers scenario Russia’s clapse

Ambassador of Ukraine to the EU Vsevod Chentsov said this on Radio Liberty, Ukrinform reports.

Commenting on the attempted mutiny by the "Wagner" PMC in Russia, the diplomat noted that the Eurean Union was not just watching the develments, but was engaged in an intensive dialogue, including with the Ukrainian leadership. In this context, he recalled that the EU Council had decided to increase by €3.5 billion the upper limit of the Eurean Peace Facility, which pays compensation to countries for weapons transferred to Ukraine.

"This is not an observation, it is a willingness to act on the part of the Eurean Union and ministers (of EU member states)," Chentsov said.

He also informed that the Eurean Union is considering various tions for the develment of events in Russia, including its clapse.

"The Eurean Union has been discussing for a long time the develment of scenarios for the EU and its member states in the event of Russia's clapse, among other things. This war… of course, has united and mobilized the Eurean Union, but it has also taught us to act proactively, to consider different scenarios and not to rely on a rational approach, on the mind of Russian leaders. Thus, they now realize that anything can be expected from Russia and anything can happen there," the Ukrainian Ambassador to the EU said.

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As Ukrinform reported, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on June 26 that the Eurean Union is closely monitoring develments in Russia, which remain unpredictable, as the armed intervention of the Wagner group showed the weakening of the state and Putin's personal authority, and put the entire pitical system of the Russian Federation on the brink of clapse.

On June 23, the leader of the "Wagner" PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced a demarche against the Russian military leadership, in particular against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

As a result of the offensive, the "Wagner" PMC cumn reached the Lipetsk region of Russia, 420 kilometers from Moscow.

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Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held talks with the founder of the "Wagner" PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin, after which the latter stated that the group's fighters were returning to their field camps.