Biden denies US and NATO involvement in Russian mutiny.

President Biden and NATO have denied any involvement in the Wagner mercenary group's short-lived insurrection in Russia, calling it a struggle within the Russian system. They are concerned that Putin could use accusations of Western involvement to rally Russians to his defense. Biden and administration officials declined an immediate assessment of what the 22-hour uprising by the Wagner Group might mean for Russia's war in Ukraine, for mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin or for Russia itself.