Telegram channels associated with Wagner have claimed Pavel Prigozhin is actively negotiating the return of Wagner personnel to the combat zone in Ukraine. Remember: In June, following Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny, President Vladimir Putin said Prigozhin's businesses had received 86 billion roubles (or about $850 million) from the defense ministry between May 2022 and May 2023. In addition, Prigozhin's Concord catering company made 80 billion roubles from state contracts to supply food to the Russian army, Putin said at the time. Port also claimed that Pavel is set to collect all debts owed to his father, estimating that the Russian Defense Ministry owed Prigozhin's business empire as much as $800 million. The unofficial publication suggests Pavel Prigozhin filed an application for inheritance on September 8. The document, allegedly notarized on March 2, purportedly designates Prigozhin's 25-year-old son, Pavel, as the sole inheritor of his extensive assets, including those of the “Wagner Group.” Prigozhin was killed in a private jet crash in August. One of the channels,"Port," claims to have obtained a copy of Prigozhin's will and published an image of it. Unofficial Telegram channels in Russia say that according to the terms of Yevgeny Prigozhin's will, his assets and control of his business empire have been bequeathed to his 25-year-old son, Pavel. Miller stressed the previous bipartisan support in Congress for aid to Ukraine. The US will still be able to send equipment from its own stockpiles under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, but funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and the Foreign Military Sales system will be running out. Miller added that “while we have the ability to continue to support Ukraine’s ability to defend itself in the immediate term, we have already exhausted much of the existing security assistance funding.” “I’d like to echo the president’s disappointment that, despite longstanding and strong bipartisan support for Ukraine as it fights back against Russia’s invasion, that the continuing resolution that passed Congress on Saturday did not include desperately needed support,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press briefing. The State Department blasted Congress for not passing funding for “desperately needed” assistance to Ukraine. Still, Biden on Monday said it was essential Ukraine funding be approved to demonstrate American commitment to the country's battle against Russia. Multiple Democratic lawmakers serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee told CNN on Monday that they had no reason to believe that McCarthy had made a fresh commitment to the White House over the weekend on Ukraine funding.Īnd McCarthy himself denied to reporters he had made any side deals on promising to put Ukraine funding on the floor. He wouldn't answer whether he'd received any new assurances from McCarthy about taking up new Ukraine funding - or even whether he trusted the Republican speaker.Ī day earlier, Biden had told reporters “we just made" a deal on Ukraine with McCarthy, without elaborating. On Monday, the White House similarly declined to clarify the remark. Yet when pressed by CNN about the precise nature of that commitment, Biden remained silent. "I fully expect the speaker and the majority of the Republicans in Congress to keep their commitment to secure the passage of the support needed to help Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian aggression and brutality," Biden said. The EU’s top diplomat also said that if the partners want Ukraine to be more successful, they must provide it “with better arms, and quicker," Ukrinform added.īorrell arrived in Ukraine on Saturday, and since then he has visited the city of Odesa, honored the fallen soldiers in Kyiv and held his first personal meeting with Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, Ukrinform said. He emphasized that EU support for Ukraine “does not depend on how the war is going on in the next days or weeks,” adding that “the Ukrainian soldiers are fighting with a lot of courage in front of impressive Russian defense fortifications.”Īccording to Borrell, the satellite images show that in some cases, Russian fortifications are “25 km (15.5 miles) deep,” Ukrinform reported. It’s permanent, structured support because we are facing an existential threat for Europe,” Josep Borrell said during a news conference following a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform. "Our support does not depend on the advances of one day.
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