Security has been tightened in Moscow after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces had entered Russia and were ready to “go all the way” against the top brass.
Hours earlier, the Russian authorities had accused Prigozhin of staging an armed mutiny after he alleged, without providing evidence, that the military leadership had killed a huge number of his fighters in an air strike, and vowed to punish them.
Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed the Russian military had attacked Wagner encampments, killing “a huge number of fighters.” About 2 am , Prigozhin posted a message on the Telegram app saying his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and were in Rostov.“We crossed the state border in all places,” Prigozhin said. “The border guards came out to meet and hugged our fighters.
Unverified footage posted on social media showed a convoy of assorted military vehicles, including at least one tank and one armoured vehicle on flatbed trucks. It was not clear where they were, or whether the covered trucks in the convoy contained fighters. Some of the vehicles were flying the Russian flag.
It added: “We urge the ... fighters not to make irreparable mistakes, to stop any forcible actions against the Russian people, not to carry out the criminal and traitorous orders of Prigozhin, to take measures to detain him.” “Before it is too late ... you must submit to the will and order of the people’s president of the Russian Federation. Stop the columns and return them to their permanent bases,” he said.
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