The Financial Times leads with Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin denying he was trying to overthrow Vladimir Putin when he marched on Moscow over the weekend. He instead directed further criticism at Russia’s “unprofessional” military leadership. 

The paper quotes US President Joe Biden saying that the rebellion was “part of a struggle within the Russian system” and Josep Borrell, the EU’s chief diplomat, saying it showed Putin’s “military power is cracking”.