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#Ukraine: Minsk POV: Day 2 of the putsch and no sign of Putin or Prigozhin. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

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#Ukraine: Minsk POV: Day 2 of the putsch and no sign of Putin or Prigozhin. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/

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0:00.0

This is the Friends of Mr. Debating Society, special edition with Professor H.J. McEnter, 24 hours after the first day of the pooch rebellion,

0:07.8

Mutiny Koo.

0:10.8

And we have this from, again, London reporting.

0:15.2

Beef up NATO to protect nations from Wagner, says Lithuania's president.

0:20.8

He is warned that if Belarus is to host Wagner mercenary group chief,

0:25.2

Pregozion, then NATO will need to strengthen its wheat eastern flank,

0:29.2

the head of state who's both a country, neighbors Belarus and Russia,

0:33.2

and will host next month's NATO summit,

0:36.0

spoke after a state security council meeting to discuss

0:39.3

Wagner's aborted revolt against the Kremlin. The quote,

0:43.1

if Pregozion or part of the Wagner group ends up in Belarus with unclear plans and unclear intentions,

0:49.3

it will only mean that we need to further strengthen the security of our eastern borders.

0:54.6

I am not only talking about Lithuania here, but without a doubt the whole of NATO.

1:00.1

The president added that Lithuania will devote more intelligence capabilities to assessing the political and security aspects of Belarus.

1:09.4

Professor, we could say those remarks are diplomatic compared to what we can imagine will come from Warsaw.

1:15.6

When and if Bosnian is confirmed to be in Minsk,

1:19.7

this is a deal that Moscow is said to have broken,

1:23.2

although according to the telegraph, it wasn't broken.

1:27.1

It was a threat to Pregozion's family that led him to exceed to it.

1:32.3

However, Lithuania is immediately thinking one step ahead saying,

1:37.3

if he's next door, we need defense.

1:40.6

And that means a lot of frontline units.

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