'To avoid a lot of bloodshed'

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( June 27, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 /[Putin appeals to public after Wagner leader Prigozhin breaks silence over mutiny]( Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a desperate message to the Russian public on Monday night in an apparent attempt to retain his authority after the mercenaries’ efforts. In a six-minute address, Putin insisted he directly ordered steps were taken “to avoid a lot of bloodshed” during the mutiny which he claimed was “resolutely rejected by society”. This was despite clips appearing to show Rostov-on-Don residents bringing armed Wagner troops food and drinks as they occupied the city on Saturday. Earlier on Monday [Wagner]( mercenary leader Yevgeny [Prigozhin]( issued his first public statement since the aborted march on [Moscow](, claiming he had never intended to overthrow Putin’s government. In his first public comments since Saturday’s dramatic events, he said the one-day mutiny was intended to be a protest at the ineffectual conduct of the war in [Ukraine](. “I thank all our military personnel, law enforcement officers, special services who stood in the way of the rebels, remained faithful to their duty, oath and their people,” he said. “Today I once again appeal to all citizens of Russia. Thank you for your endurance, solidarity and patriotism. This civic solidarity has shown that any blackmail, any attempt to create internal turmoil is doomed to failure. “I repeat, the highest consolidation of society, executive and legislative power at all levels was shown.”   2 /[Home Office admits: Rwanda policy may not stop small boats]( MPs warn plans to detain small boat migrants are ‘harmful, impractical and costly’ 3 / [Nicola Bulley was alive and sober when she entered water, inquest hears]( A post-mortem examination found no signs that she had been assaulted or harmed 4 /[Food inflation eases for second consecutive month]( Shop price inflation overall slowed to 8.4% in June, down from 9% in May, according to the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index. 5 /[Sharing intimate images without consent outlawed in ‘revenge porn’ crackdown]( Laws announced will remove the requirement for prosecutors to prove perpetrators intended to cause distress THE BIG QUESTION Why isn't the UK ready for the electric car revolution? So there I was, just back from the “unveil” of Volvo’s stylish little new electric car, the [EX30](, and all ready to get home and bang out an essay defending this flawed but necessary and revolutionary transition. As it has become fashionable lately to write articles along the lines of “I bought an EV and now I hate the damn thing”, I was all set to redress the balance. Arriving back at Heathrow (I don’t need an argument about the ironies right now), I made my way to the state-of-the-art [Ioniq 6 saloon]( that Hyundai had kindly lent me. The extremely accurate range projector told me I had 80 miles left in the batteries (on a good day and fully juiced it’ll take you 300 miles), and home was 90. No problem, I thought. I’ll just take a little tea break at the services, plug the iconic Ioniq in (it’s got gorgeous retro styling, by the way), and I’ll be home in time for supper. 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