Russian president Putin stated that organizers of an attempted mutiny aimed to divide Russia and assured that the government took all necessary measures to neutralize the threat. While he did not comment specifically on Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, he mentioned that troops from Wagner could either join the Russian Army or relocate to Belarus. Prigozhin has claimed that he did not intend to overthrow the Russian government, but his actions have highlighted serious security issues in the country. Criminal investigations into the mutiny are ongoing. In the White House, president Biden emphasized the unified stance of the US and its allies in not providing Putin with an excuse to blame the incident on the West or NATO, assuring Ukraine of their continued commitment to its defense regardless of the situation in Russia.