Muscovites made uneasy by revolt, Ukrainians pleased at internal turmoil


Law enforcement officers watch traffic at a checkpoint in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) - Muscovites on Saturday expressed unease or dismissed as political theatre a standoff pitting the Kremlin against Wagner mercenaries who had vowed to descend on the capital in a "march of justice" denouncing the conduct of the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainians, on the other hand, were clearly satisfied, sometimes gleeful, at the prospect of a split in Russian ranks 16 months after the Kremlin's troops invaded their country.

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