![]() ![]() "Finally, you will make them supply us with ammunition and make them stop using us as cannon fodder," Prigozhin added. In a later Telegram post, Prigozhin said that by criticizing Russian military leadership, he is carrying out a "march of justice" and not a "military coup," alleging that a majority of Russian service members support Wagner. He asked people to stay at home and "remain calm, not to be provoked." This includes any roadblocks standing in our way, any aircraft seen over our heads." Those who show such resistance, we will consider it a threat and destroy them immediately. Prigozhin vows retaliation: "Many dozens, tens of thousands of lives, of Russian soldiers will be punished," Prigozhin said. "I ask that nobody put up any resistance. He used artillerymen and helicopter pilots undercover to destroy us," Prigozhin added. "The details started to appear Minister of Defense arrived to Rostov especially to conduct an operation to destroy Wagner PMC. "They disregard the lives of soldiers, they have forgotten the word 'justice,'" Prigozhin said in the voice recording. Prigozhin claimed that the "evil that is being carried out" by Russia's military leadership "must be stopped" following the alleged attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense denied the allegation in a Telegram post Friday, calling the messages and videos spreading on social networks on behalf of Prigozhin about the event "untrue" and "an informational provocation." The next step is ours," he continued, alleging that "they wiped out dozens." We will make a decision about how to respond to these atrocities. A huge amount of our fighters were killed, our comrades in arms. "They saw that we weren't broken and they launched strikes on our camps. But these scumbags did not calm down," Prigozhin said in a voice note posted on Telegram. We were ready to compromise with the Ministry of Defense to hand over our weapons and find a solution how we will continue to defend our country. "They sneakily deceived us, trying to deprive us of the opportunity to defend our homes and instead hunt down Wagner PMC. Prigozhin and Wagner have played a prominent role in the Ukraine war, and the leader has repeatedly and publicly feuded with Russia's defense heads over what he said was a lack of ammunition, at one point recording a video of him lashing out while standing in front of what he claimed were dead bodies of his fighters. Prigozhin claimed that the Russian Ministry of Defense tricked Wagner and he vowed to "respond to these atrocities." Prigozhin on Friday accused Russian military leadership of striking a Wagner military camp and killing a "huge amount" of his mercenary forces. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said Putin is aware of the situation and "all necessary measures are being taken," according to state media RIA Novosti. He is also aware that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) initiated a criminal case accusing the mercenary force's chief of calling for "armed rebellion" on Friday, TASS reported.Īccording to TASS, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the allegations spread by Prigozhin “have no basis.” President Vladimir Putin is aware “of the situation unfolding around Yevgeny Prigozhin,” Russian state media TASS said Friday, referring to the leader of the Wagner Group. In Moscow, there is not a massive presence, but a few vehicles can be seen here and there. Police were patrolling the central streets with "flashing beacons on" and "in the west of Rostov, the sounds of flying aircraft are heard," TASS reported.ĬNN cannot independently verify these videos.įor context: It's not terribly unusual for military vehicles to be seen in Rostov. ![]() There was an armored personnel carrier, military posts, police cars and uniformed people adjacent to the headquarters, according to TASS. In the Russian city of Rostov near southeast Ukraine, military vehicles could also be seen driving the streets.Īccording to Russian state media TASS, posts were organized on Saturday in the area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District (SMD) in Rostov where military personnel and law enforcement officers are keeping order, a TASS correspondent reported. One video from a local Russian website showed two vehicles driving by Moscow's State Duma. Several social media accounts appeared to show Russian military vehicles driving on the main streets of Moscow in the early hours of Saturday. ![]()
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