Last Friday, there was a rebellion in Russia. It was a very short rebellion but it was long enough. This attack left Vladmir Putin weaker than before. A military group had been paid money to work with Russia, but instead of inflicting a threat upon Ukraine, they did against Russia, saying that they would attack the country. Eventually, they came to an agreement to work together again.
When Russia began its attack on Ukraine they were using mostly Russian soldiers. But not long after, a professional group of soldiers came in called the Wagner Group. This group’s owner is Yevgeny Prigozhin. He used to work close to Putin, doing favors and such. The text says that, ”Mr. Putin used Wagner’s soldiers to do jobs that he didn’t want to ask Russian soldiers to do.” Apparently a new rule was passed saying that the Wagner’s soldiers had to join Russia’s common army, but Mr. Prigozhin did not like this. This is because handing his soldiers over to the Russian’s army meant that he would lose control over his army. Mr. Prigozhin claimed that the Russian soldiers had attacked the Wagner’s army, and therefore marched all of Wagner’s army back into Russia from Ukraine taking control of the city Rostov-on-Don and most of its military bases.
Mr. Prigozhin said that they would take over the capitol if they did not surrender Russia’s top two generals. Putin says that all of those who rebelled will have severe consequences. They came to an agreement: if the Wagner group left, then they would not get punished. Although Mr. Prigozhin had lost more resources than Putin, this still made Putin look weak.
Souce:
https://newsforkids.net/articles/2023/06/27/a-very-short-rebellion-in-russia/
When Russia began its attack on Ukraine they were using mostly Russian soldiers. But not long after, a professional group of soldiers came in called the Wagner Group. This group’s owner is Yevgeny Prigozhin. He used to work close to Putin, doing favors and such. The text says that, ”Mr. Putin used Wagner’s soldiers to do jobs that he didn’t want to ask Russian soldiers to do.” Apparently a new rule was passed saying that the Wagner’s soldiers had to join Russia’s common army, but Mr. Prigozhin did not like this. This is because handing his soldiers over to the Russian’s army meant that he would lose control over his army. Mr. Prigozhin claimed that the Russian soldiers had attacked the Wagner’s army, and therefore marched all of Wagner’s army back into Russia from Ukraine taking control of the city Rostov-on-Don and most of its military bases.
Mr. Prigozhin said that they would take over the capitol if they did not surrender Russia’s top two generals. Putin says that all of those who rebelled will have severe consequences. They came to an agreement: if the Wagner group left, then they would not get punished. Although Mr. Prigozhin had lost more resources than Putin, this still made Putin look weak.
Souce:
https://newsforkids.net/articles/2023/06/27/a-very-short-rebellion-in-russia/
