Wagner Group leader launches armed rebellion in Russia, ‘anti-terrorist activities’ underway in Moscow

• Yevgeny Prigojine claimed on Saturday June 24 to have entered Russia with his troops with the aim of overthrowing the military commandsaying to himself “ready to die” with its 25,000 men for “freeing the Russian people”. “It’s not a military coup, it’s justice that is on the way. Our actions do not hinder the troops (engaged in Ukraine) »he shouted.
• In a series of audio messages posted throughout the night on Telegram, the head of the Wagner Group announced that his forces, so far deployed in Ukraine, had crossed the Russian border and entered the city of Rostov (south). He also assured that his troops had shot down a Russian helicopter which had “opened fire on a civilian column”. Agence France-Presse (AFP), however, was unable to confirm the veracity of his remarks.
• In Moscow, security measures have been “reinforced” around sensitive sites, such as the Ministry of Defense, the Duma, or the Kremlin. The mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, announced on Saturday morning that “counter-terrorism activities” were in progress there. The governor of the Rostov region – whose capital would be taken by storm by the Wagner Group according to its leader – called on the population to ” stay at home “. And that of Lipetsk, 420 kilometers south of Moscow, also announced “strengthened security measures”.
• An influential Russian general, Sergei Surovikin, called on Wagner’s fighters to return to their barracks. The FSB also asked Wagner’s fighters to arrest their leader.
• The Russian prosecutor’s office has announced an investigation for “armed mutiny” against Mr. Prigozhin. According to Russian law, Yevgueni Prigojine risks between twelve and twenty years of imprisonment if he is arrested.
• During the day, Wagner’s boss had previously accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu – with whom he has been in latent conflict for months – of having ordered strikes on his positionshaving made a “very large number of victims” among his men. What the Ministry of Defense denied.
• Earlier, Yevgeny Prigojine had also assured that the Russian army was retreating in the areas of Zaporizhia and Kherson as well as in Bakhmout, contradicting the words of Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoiguaccording to whom the Russian army “repel” all the Ukrainian assaults. “There are no military successes” of Moscow, had slammed Mr. Prigojine, affirming that the Russian soldiers “wash themselves with their blood”a way of asserting that they are suffering heavy losses.
• In Ukraine, Russia launched a new salvo of missiles overnight from Friday to Saturday against several cities : in Dnipro, in kyiv, in Kharkiv. Injuries were reported.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense has warned that Ukraine is preparing to attack from the side of Bakhmout in “taking advantage of Prigojine’s provocation to destabilize the situation”.
• Rival Russian factions began to “devouring each other for power and money”welcomed the head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov. In Washington, the White House said it was monitoring the situation closely.
• Russian opponent and exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky called on Saturday to help the leader of the Wagner Group. “Yes, even the devil would have to help him if he decided to go against this regime! »did he declare.

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