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Russia-Ukraine Live Updates, June 24, 2023: Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia’s military firing on them from the air. Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed mutiny he compared to Russia’s Civil War a century ago. A defiant Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Wagner mercenary group, has replied that he and his men had no intention of turning themselves in.
What’s the current status: The Wagner group chief has said that he is in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, close to the Ukraine border, and that his forces have control of military facilities and the airfield there. He pledged to blockade Rostov and move on to Moscow if Russia’s Defence Minister and top general did not meet with him in the city. The Wagner group further informed that it had also taken control of Russian military facilities in the city of Voronezh, in southwestern Russia.
How did it all start? The conflict between Moscow’s military leadership and Prigozhin, the chief of private mercenary group Wagner, escalated into an open insurrection on Saturday. The Wagner chief accused Russia’s military leadership of killing a “huge amount” of his mercenary forces in a strike on a camp and vowed to retaliate. Security forces have been scrambled across western Russia as regional governors urged residents to stay off the roads, and a “counterterrorist operation regime” was declared in Moscow.
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Russia-Ukraine Live Updates, June 24, 2023: Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia’s military firing on them from the air. Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed mutiny he compared to Russia’s Civil War a century ago. A defiant Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Wagner mercenary group, has replied that he and his men had no intention of turning themselves in.
What’s the current status: The Wagner group chief has said that he is in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, close to the Ukraine border, and that his forces have control of military facilities and the airfield there. He pledged to blockade Rostov and move on to Moscow if Russia’s Defence Minister and top general did not meet with him in the city. The Wagner group further informed that it had also taken control of Russian military facilities in the city of Voronezh, in southwestern Russia.
How did it all start? The conflict between Moscow’s military leadership and Prigozhin, the chief of private mercenary group Wagner, escalated into an open insurrection on Saturday. The Wagner chief accused Russia’s military leadership of killing a “huge amount” of his mercenary forces in a strike on a camp and vowed to retaliate. Security forces have been scrambled across western Russia as regional governors urged residents to stay off the roads, and a “counterterrorist operation regime” was declared in Moscow.
Russia-Ukraine Highlights: Wagner mutiny abates but leaves questions about Putin's power
Russia-Ukraine Highlights: After Wanger chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered his fighters to halt their march on Moscow, the Kremlin said that charges against him will be dropped and the troops who joined him also will not be prosecuted.