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Wagner Mercenary Group Declares: ‘We Will Go To The End To Stop Russia’s Leadership.’

By on June 24, 2023 in Featured, General, Highlight

Wagner is turning against Russia. As we read in CNN:

The simmering conflict between Moscow’s military leadership and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of private mercenary group Wagner, has exploded into an open insurrection that plunges Russia into renewed uncertainty and the very real threat of civil war.

Prigozhin unleashed a new tirade against the Russian military on Friday and then marched his troops into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

Russian president Vladimir Putin called Wagner’s actions “treason” and has vowed to punish those behind the “armed uprising”.

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The dramatic turn of events began on Friday when Prigozhin openly accused Russia’s military of attacking a Wagner camp and killing a “huge amount” of his men. He vowed to retaliate with force, insinuating that his forces would “destroy” any resistance, including roadblocks and aircraft.

“There are 25,000 of us and we are going to find out why there is such chaos in the country,” he said.

Prigozhin later rowed back on his threat, saying his criticism of the Russian military leadership was a “march of justice” and not a coup – but by that point he appears to have already crossed a line with the Kremlin.

The crisis then deepened as Prigozhin declared his fighters had entered Russia’s Rostov region and occupied key military installations within its capital. That city, Rostov-on-Don, is the headquarters for Russia’s southern military command and home to some one million people.

Prigozhin released a video saying his forces would blockade Rostov-on-Don unless Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russia’s top general Valery Gerasimov come to meet him.

According to the Telegraph, Russia is declaring that Wagner wants to do an “armed coup”:

The Kremlin has accused the leader of the Wagner mercenary group of attempting an “armed coup” against Russia.
In an extraordinary announcement on Friday night, Yevgeny Prigozhin called for an uprising against Russia’s military leaders.
The Wagner boss claimed his troops have marched into Russia’s Rostov region and promised that his soldiers will “destroy everything that gets in the way”.
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On Friday night, Wagner chief Prigozhin called for a rebellion against the Russian military.
He claimed that Russian generals had ordered an airstrike on his fighters in Ukraine and claimed a “huge number” had been killed, though he provided no evidence.
In a Telegram message he promised to “go to the end” to stop the Russian leadership’s “evil”.
Prigozhin said he has 25,000 fighters ready to battle the Russian army and called on regular Russian soldiers, including the National Guard, to join his coup attempt.
Russian military is on high alert:
Russian troops were put on high alert across the country.
The Russian army deployed forces at key sites in Moscow and Rostov and there were unconfirmed reports of dozens of Russian aircraft flying towards Rostov.
The Kremlin’s security service, the FSB, opened a criminal case against Prigozhin and declared him to be a “foreign agent”.
The case accuses the Wagner boss of launching an “armed rebellion inside Russia” and said his actions were “a stab in the back to Russian servicemen fighting pro-fascist Ukrainian forces”.
According to the Daily Beast:

Vladimir Putin made an extraordinary address to the nation on Saturday morning admitting that he was facing an armed insurrection led by former confidante Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries.

The president said his regime was facing “the toughest battle for its future” against an “armed mutiny” in a short speech that was pre-recorded and then broadcast to a stunned nation.

Before the speech played out, Wagner mercenaries were seen descending with no resistance on Rostov-on-Don, Russia’s southern military HQ, which has been co-ordinating the invasion of Ukraine. Once inside the key command center, Prigozhin recorded a message saying it was under his control.

Prigozhin claimed Russia attacked Wagner, as we read in AP:

He claimed that the chief of the General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, scrambled warplanes to strike Wagner’s convoys, which were driving alongside ordinary vehicles. Prigozhin also said his forces shot down a Russian military helicopter that fired on a civilian convoy, but there was no independent confirmation.

And despite Prigozhin’s statements that Wagner convoys had entered Rostov-on-Don, there was no confirmation of that yet on Russian social networks. Video posted online showed armored vehicles, including tanks, stationed on the streets and troops moving into position, but it was unclear whether they were under Wagner or military command. Earlier, heavy trucks were seen blocking highways leading into the city and long convoys of National Guard trucks were seen on a road.

 

 

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