2023-06-24 05:35:00
The Russian public prosecutor’s office has announced the opening of an investigation for “armed mutiny” against Mr. Prigojine, who went into rebellion after accusing the Russian regular army of having bombed his men. Authorities have tightened security measures in Moscow and several other regions of Russia.
“We continue, we will go to the end,” Evguéni Prigojine launched in an audio message on Telegram. “We will destroy everything that gets in our way.”
“We are all ready to die, all 25,000. And after that there will be another 25,000. he hammered afterwards.
He 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”.
8:00 a.m .: Putin will soon address the nation, the “anti-terrorist operation regime” established in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin will “soon” address the nation as his country is rocked by a rebellion by the paramilitary group Wagner, the Kremlin announced on Saturday.
Putin will speak soon,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies.
The “anti-terrorist operation regime” has been established in Moscow and its region, as Russia is rocked by a rebellion by the paramilitary group Wagner, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced on Saturday.
“In order to prevent possible attacks”, this regime was also established in the Voronezh region, bordering Ukraine, the Committee said in a statement, quoted by Russian news agencies. This measure reinforces the powers of the security services and allows them to restrict movements.
7:25 a.m.: Prigojine says he is at military headquarters in Rostov, and controls military sites
The leader of the paramilitary group Wagner claimed to be on Saturday morning at the Russian army headquarters in the city of Rostov, a key center for the Russian assault on Ukraine, and to have taken control of military sites, including an airfield .
“We are at HQ, it is 7:30 a.m.” (6:30 a.m. HB), Yevgueni Prigojine said in a video broadcast on Telegram, “the military sites in Rostov are under control, including the airfield”, he adds , while behind him walk men in uniform.
6:15 a.m.: Rostov region calls on the population not to go out
The governor of the Russian region of Rostov, neighboring Ukraine, called on Saturday night the population to stay at home in the face of the rebellion of the armed group Wagner which claimed to have entered the eponymous regional capital.
“The security forces are taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the region. I ask everyone to keep calm and not to leave the house unless necessary,” Vasily Golubev wrote on Telegram.
The authorities then called on residents of the regional capital not to go to the city center. Images and online publications show armed men near official buildings.
5:10 a.m .: New Russian night strikes on several cities in Ukraine
Russia launched a new salvo of missiles on Ukraine on Saturday night, causing damage and casualties, according to Ukrainian authorities.
In Dnipro, in the center, “several houses have been completely destroyed. There is a huge crater after the explosion. There are victims,” Mayor Borys Filatov said on Telegram. In kyiv, the head of the capital’s military administration, Sergei Popko, said that the anti-aircraft defense had destroyed “more than twenty missiles in the airspace around kyiv”. However, debris fell, causing destruction and a fire in a 24-storey building. According to the same source, there are at least two injured In Kharkiv, according to the regional governor, Oleg Syniegoubov, a gas pipe was destroyed, causing a fire, without causing injuries.
3:55 a.m .: Wagner chief says his forces shot down a Russian military helicopter
The leader of the paramilitary group Wagner, which has launched an armed rebellion against the Russian general staff, said on Saturday night that his forces shot down a Russian military helicopter.
3:04 a.m .: Russian opponent Khodorkovsky calls for “helping” Wagner leader against Putin’s regime
Russian opponent and businessman in exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky called on Saturday to help the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgueni Prigojine, in rebellion against the Russian army, to fight the regime of Vladimir Putin.
“Yes, even the devil would have to help him if he decided to go against this regime! (…) If this bandit (Mr. Prigojine) wants to disturb the other (Mr. Putin, editor’s note), it is not the time to grimace, now we have to help“, he wrote on Telegram.
2:10 am: Wagner swears to “go all the way”
The leader of the paramilitary group Wagner, which rebelled against Russian military command, vowed on Saturday to ‘go all the way’ and ‘destroy everything that gets in its way’, saying his troops entered on Russian territory.
“We continue, we will go to the end,” said Yevgeny Prigojine in an audio message on Telegram, after announcing that his forces “passed (…) the border of the Russian state” while they were deployed in Ukraine. Mr. Prigojine claims to have 25,000 fighters. The Russian security services (FSB) opened an investigation on Friday for “call for armed mutiny” after the call of the leader of the Wagner group to rise up against the military command, which he accuses of having bombed his men.
1:30 a.m .: Russia: security services accuse Wagner chief of calling for civil war
The Russian security services (FSB) on Friday accused the boss of the paramilitary group Wagner of inciting civil war by calling for an uprising against the general staff, and urged his men to disobey him and arrest him.
“Prigozhin’s statements and actions are in fact a call to start an armed civil conflict on the territory of Russia (…) We call on the fighters of the paramilitary group Wagner not to make irreparable mistakes, to stop the actions by force against the Russian people, not to implement the criminal and treacherous orders of Prigozhin and to take measures to arrest him,” the FSB was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
“The allegations disseminated in the name of Yevgeny Prigozhin have no basis. In connection with these, the FSB (Russian security services) has opened an investigation for a call for armed mutiny”, indicated the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of Russia, in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies. Russian President Vladimir Putin “is informed of all the events around (Evgeny) Prigojine. The necessary measures are being taken”, indicated the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the state agency Cup.
Previously, the boss of Wagner had claimed that Russian strikes had caused a “very large number of victims” in the ranks of his group. “They carried out strikes, missile strikes, on our rear camps. Very many of our fighters were killed,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an audio message.
He promised to “respond” to these attacks ordered, according to him, by the Russian Minister of Defense, stressing that he was not pleading for a “military coup” but that he wanted a “march for justice “.
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