The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, says the bloc has activated its crisis center over the turmoil in Russia. "Had a call with G7 Foreign Ministers to exchange views on the situation in Russia. Ahead of Monday’s EU Foreign Affairs Council, I am coordinating inside the European Union and have activated the crisis response centre," he wrote on Twitter on June 24. Overnight Wagner mercenary fighters seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and began moving toward Moscow. Their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says they want to remove corrupt and incompetent commanders he blames for botching the war in Ukraine.
EU Opens Crisis Center Over Turmoil In Russia
Members of the Wagner group detain a man in the city of Rostov-on-Don on June 24.