The former U.S. national security adviser also expressed concern over the slow progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
A member of private mercenary group Wagner pays tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin following their apparent deaths in a plane crash on Aug. 23, 2023.Several analysts looking at the situation in Russia at the time of the coup attempt saw the event as an embarrassing blow to Putin's authority. Many also predicted that Prigozhin's days were likely numbered.
"Putin's hand I think, is strengthened now. And I think we're at a very critical period in the battlefield in Ukraine because of the stalled spring offensive by the Ukrainians."
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