![]() ![]() Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been a close ally of the president, on Friday accused the Russian military of killing his men in Ukraine even though they are meant to be fighting on the same side. ![]() He warned that his troops will move to punish defence minister Sergei Shoigu - and urged the army not to offer resistance.ĭenying launching a coup, he said: "This is not an armed rebellion, but a march of justice."Īn extraordinary rebellion by the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group could trigger the gravest domestic crisis for Vladimir Putin since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, writes Sky's security and defence editor Deborah Haynes. Urging them to abandon the paramilitary chief, the ministry said Wagnerįighters should contact its representatives and those of lawĮnforcement services, and promised to guarantee their security.įor context: Mr Prigozhin accused the country's defence ministry of targeting his troops and ordering a rocket strike on Wagner's field camps in Ukraine - killing "a huge number of our comrades". The agency said the Russian defence ministry has told Wagner fighters they have been "deceived and dragged into a criminal adventure" by their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Things are moving fast in the Kremlin, after it accused the leader of the Wagner mercenary group of calling for an armed mutiny.Ī counter-terrorist regime in Moscow and the surrounding region has been imposed by Russia's anti-terrorist committee, state ![]()
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