US-Japan National Security Advisors Discuss Russian Armed Rebellion... "Close Cooperation"

Officials Talk... Agree on Close Cooperation

Security officials from the United States and Japan have agreed to communicate and cooperate closely regarding the armed rebellion by the Russian mercenary group.

According to major foreign media on the 25th, the Japanese government announced this policy after Takeo Akiba, Director of Japan's National Security Secretariat, spoke with Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor at the White House. Director Akiba had previously attended the Ukraine International Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, the day before, where he stated, "We support Ukraine's efforts to pursue a fair and lasting peace."

Kyodo News reported that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also received a briefing on the Russian situation from senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the same day.

Earlier, on the 23rd (local time), the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary company involved in the Ukraine war, launched a rebellion targeting the Russian military leadership. They seized military facilities in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia and advanced north toward Moscow. This was in response to the Russian Ministry of Defense allegedly attacking their rear camps with missiles the previous day. Russia issued an arrest warrant for Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, and activated an anti-terrorism operation system in Moscow and other areas. Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled the incident as "treason" and vowed a strong response, but Prigozhin's advance did not stop.

However, under an agreement with President Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko successfully negotiated with Wagner Group leader Prigozhin. Prigozhin decided to withdraw just outside Moscow, and Russia agreed not to punish him and his soldiers on the condition that they leave for Belarus. The Wagner Group's rebellion, which shook all of Russia, was thus resolved in a day. Nevertheless, the Putin regime is considered to have suffered significant damage to its authority due to this rebellion. The reserve forces to stop the rebel advance were not properly secured, and the fact that they advanced so easily near Moscow exposed vulnerabilities in Russia's internal security.

[Image source=Yonhap News]

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.