Russia Wagner Group: The Wagner chief vowed to take all necessary steps to topple Russia’s military.
Russia accused the head of the powerful mercenary group Wagner of mounting an armed uprising and ordered his arrest as the growing animosity between rival Kremlin camps over the war in Ukraine spilled into open conflict.
The Wagner chief vowed Saturday to take all necessary steps to topple the country’s military leadership in Moscow, saying his forces would “destroy everything” in their way.
“We are going onwards and we will go to the end,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a new audio message after vowing to sideline Russia’s military leadership.
Here are the Live Updates on Wagner Group’s ‘Armed Mutiny’:
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Jun 24, 2023 12:11 (IST)
Russia News Live: Melodrama Between Wagner Mercenary Group And Russia’s Military As Russias disastrous war in Ukraine continues, another rant by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of the paramilitary Wagner group, has laid bare the power struggle at the top of Russias military leadership.
Jun 24, 2023 12:02 (IST)
Russia News Live: In Video, Wagner Mercenary Group Chief Says He Is Inside Army HQ, Controls City’s Military
The head of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin announced Saturday that he was inside the army headquarters in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, and that his fighters controlled the city’s military sites.
Jun 24, 2023 11:55 (IST)
Russia News Live: Russia Says Will “Guarantee Safety” Of Mercenaries Who Stop Rebellion
The Russian army on Saturday said it would “guarantee the safety” of Wagner mercenaries who stop rebelling against Moscow’s military leadership.
“We are appealing to the fighters of assault squads of PMC Wagner. You were deceived into (Wagner chief’s Yevgeny) Prigozhin’s criminal venture and participation in an armed rebellion,” the army said in a statement. It called on the fighters to ask for help to return to “places of permanent deployment.”
Jun 24, 2023 11:53 (IST)
Russia News Live: Russia Declares ‘Anti-Terrorist Operation Regime’ In Moscow
Russia on Saturday declared an “anti-terrorist operation regime” in Moscow and the Moscow region, after the chief of the Wagner mercenary group vowed to overthrow Russia’s military leadership and claimed control of a key military headquarters in the south.
“With the aim of preventing possible terrorist acts on the territory of the city of Moscow and the Moscow region, an anti-terror operation regime has been introduced,” the country’s national anti-terrorist committee said in a statement quoted by Russian agencies.
Jun 24, 2023 11:28 (IST)
Vladimir Putin To Address Russians “Soon”
President Vladimir Putin will “soon” address the nation, the Kremlin said Saturday, as Russia faced a rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group that has vowed to topple Moscow’s military leadership.
“Putin will make an address soon”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies.
Jun 24, 2023 10:49 (IST)
Wagner Chief Suggests Mercenaries Headed For Moscow
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to suggest he had sent an armed convoy on a 1,200-km (750-mile) charge towards Moscow on Saturday in an unlikely attempt to topple the military leadership.
Russian local officials said a military convoy was on the main motorway linking the southern part of European Russia, bordering Ukraine, with Moscow, and warned residents to avoid it.
Jun 24, 2023 10:41 (IST)
5 Points On Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Chief Calling For Armed Rebellion In Russia
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia’s private mercenary group Wagner, has vowed to take all necessary steps to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of “armed rebellion”.
Jun 24, 2023 10:27 (IST)
Wagner Chief Inside Military Headquarters
The head of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin announced Saturday that he was inside the army HQ in southern Russia’s Rostov-on-Don and that his fighters control the city’s military sites, including an aerodrome, after vowing to bring down Moscow’s top brass.
“We are inside the (army) headquarters, it is 7:30 am (0430 GMT),” Prigozhin said in a video on Telegram. “Military sites in Rostov, including an aerodrome, are under control,” he added.
Jun 24, 2023 10:11 (IST)
Putin’s Mercenary Fighters Turn On Russia, March Towards Major City Russia has ordered the arrest of the chief of the powerful mercenary group Wagner after he called for an armed uprising against the country’s military. The move comes as growing animosity between rival Kremlin camps over the war in Ukraine.
Jun 24, 2023 10:02 (IST)
“All 25,000 Ready To Die”: Wagner Chief On Armed Mutiny Against Military “All of us are ready to die. All 25,000, and then another 25,000,” Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, said in an audio message, after earlier accusing the Russian top brass of launching strikes against his men.