In an interview with Jovem Pan News’ Jornal da Manhã, history professor Angelo Segrillo says that Russian territory was weakened by the episode
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the powers of Wagner paramilitary group withdrawn from Russiaby order of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who on Saturday 24 unexpectedly announced his withdrawal after challenging the authority of Wladimir Putin while Kyiv demanded progress in the east Ukraine. Since Friday evening, the 23rd, the paramilitary leader began a mutiny with a promise to “liberate the Russian people” by moving his troops to Moscow. On Saturday afternoon, however, he backed down “to avoid a Russian bloodbath,” as he put it. “We are returning to our camps,” he announced. Since the announcement of the mutiny in southwestern Russia, Wagner’s men reached three Russian regions Rostov, Voronezh and Lipetsk and positioned themselves less than 400 km from the capital. Cheered by dozens of residents of Rostov with shouts of “Wagner, Wagner!”, the militants began to leave the region on Saturday evening. By dawn, the area was already completely clear, said the region’s governor, Vasily Golubev. In an interview this Monday, 26th, with the morning paperof the Young Pan NewsProfessor of History and Specialist in Russia at the University of São Paulo (USP) Angelo Segrillo said the Wagner group created an unprecedented divide in Russia. “Until then, Putin had internal control of the situation. Now we have to see how this will affect the morale of both the troops, militarily on the battlefields, and internally among the Russian people,” he explained. According to him, Ukraine won in this episode. “Russia is weakened. However, it remains to be seen whether this will be a serious problem in the long run or just a problem in the future. “This will have a positive effect on Ukraine in practice, both on the battlefield and in politics,” he added.