Putin made 'big strategic mistake' says Nato as world leaders react to Wagner rebellion

Jens Stoltenberg said the aborted mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in Russia demonstrates that Moscow committed a strategic mistake by waging war on Ukraine. China downplayed the Wagner rebellion and the media there described it as an 'illusion' exploited by the west. China’s foreign ministry said it supported Russia in maintaining its national stability, without explicitly referring to Putin’s leadership. Josep Borrell said Putin was facing the consequences of working with the Wagner group and that Russian military power was beginning to crack. Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, said Belarusian and Russian leaders could do 'strange things' and Poland had seen such actions in 2021 China downplays Wagner rebellion as Russia’s ‘internal affairs’ Prigozhin mutiny was monster acting against his creator, says top EU diplomat