"That Prigozhin rebelled was symptomatic of many social problems, but the way he advanced toward Moscow unhindered also demonstrated nervousness about whether all army units would fight," said Alexander Baunov, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. "Putin clearly did not want to give an order to fire he was unsure would be implemented."
Western leaders declined to make any specific commitment on an eventual invitation for Ukraine to join NATO, to the disappointment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the allies most vulnerable to Russia.
The blasts that tore through the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines last Monday have already blown up whatever was left of five decades of German