Vladimir Putin

As the Russian leader continues addressing a failed mercenary revolt, his forces in Ukraine are still incurring a high number of casualties.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for president, complained on NewsNation about U.S. spending on Ukraine.

Moscow "is attempting to restrain spending on the war to minimize the domestic impact," according to a Swedish think tank.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is conducting a large-scale damage control PR operation after the rebellion led by Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

A significant minority of respondents to a new survey said they still approve of the Wagner Group warlord, despite his short-lived mutiny.

Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin has "caused colossal damage to our country's reputation," said Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was exiled to Belarus in a deal brokered by the country's leader Alexander Lukashenko following Wagner's aborted mutiny on June 24.

Popular accounts of the so-called coup attempt against Putin fail to take into account the actions of senior and mid-level Russian military commanders

Relatives of Russian troops along the front lines say their loved ones were sent to battle after losing "everything" in the Kakhovka dam flooding.

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows he has a problem.

The "coup" was staged. The only question is, why would Putin stage such an elaborate deception? And the answer is politics.

The soldiers said they would rather surrender to military police than continue fighting in the war.

It is "totally inconceivable" that the Russian leader would carry out an engagement in person just after the Wagner rebellion, one expert told Newsweek.

The Kremlin's response to the Wagner Group's failed mutiny has been criticized by some of Russia's influential military correspondents.

Footage of the Russian president drawing on a whiteboard has sparked comment online about his TV viewing habits.

Independent Russian news outlet Sirena found that the mercenary group headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin is still recruiting.

"We're not planning to march in Moscow, at least for the moment," Ukrainian defense ministry adviser Andriy Zagorodnyuk said.

"Putin body double on the loose," one Twitter user said of the Kremlin leader's much-publicized trip to the southern Russian republic of Dagestan.

"Russia's Ministry of Defense and other Russian security agencies have neither capacity nor will to replace Wagner," expert Sergey Kostelyanyets tells Newsweek.

The Russian leader was surrounded by cheering crowds and posed for selfies with residents in the Republic of Dagestan.

The Russian Ministry of Defense is currently undergoing a "crash test" for loyalty following Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny, a U.S.-based think tank has assessed.

The Institute for the Study of War has said that a "large-scale purge" of the Russian military command is under way.

Yevgeny Prigozhin ruined any chances of a political future when he marched on Moscow in a mutiny attempt, a former Russian diplomat has told Newsweek.

Reports circulated Wednesday that senior Russian General Sergei Surovikin has been arrested in connection to the Wagner rebellion.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers wants to give Ukraine cluster munitions, but many people have reservations about the brutal weapons.

Russia earlier announced that the arms would be deployed to Belarus, whose president is Vladimir Putin's close ally.

"It's hard to tell, but [Putin is] clearly losing the war in Iraq, and he's losing the war at home," he told reporters.

The president of Belarus portrayed himself as the mediator who ended the Wagner rebellion.

After the Wagner Group's mutiny attempt, the Central African Republic said it will continue using Wagner troops or other forces provided by Russia.

Iranian media outlets spread the claim on Monday, as Sergei Shoigu was forced to deal with the fallout of Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion.