Head of Wagner mercenaries brands Putin's army chiefs 'evil' who 'must be stopped' and launches 'march for justice' towards Moscow: Kremlin puts troops on capital's streets and vows to smash 'armed mutiny' as TV runs emergency bulletin
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has accused Russia of killing a 'huge number' of its forces in strikes and vowed to retaliate. He has ramped up his verbal attacks against Moscow in recent weeks, including questioning the very need for the military operation.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian general urges Wagner fighters not to join ‘coup’
Updated 11 minutes agoThe Russian military has ordered Wagner troops to stand down and return to their bases amid reports the mercenary group has launched a coup against the Kremlin.
It comes amid unconfirmed reports of Russian border guards reportedly not stopping a column of Wagner fighters moving through a checkpoint in Novoshakhtinsk, in Russia’s Rostov region.
On Friday night Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader, accused the Russian military of shelling his fighters and said his group would stop the “evil” of Moscow’s military leadership.
Russia’s security service launched a criminal investigation into Prigozhin and accused him of an “armed rebellion”.
Soldiers across Russia were put on high alert after Prigozhin said that he had 25,000 men ready to fight.
“This is a stab in the back of the country and the president,” Gen Vladimir Alekseyev, the deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence agency said in a video appeal urging Mr Prigozhin’s fighters not to join a rebellion. “This is a coup”.
Later reports said that Putin’s motorcade was seen speeding through Moscow to the Kremlin from his residence in the suburbs of the capital.
The deputy commander of Russia’s Ukraine campaign, General Sergey Surovikin, urged Wagner soldiers to stand down.
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