Reuters has filed some images of #Wagner fighters in the southern Russian city of #Rostov-on-Don, which Wagner boss Yevgeny #Prigozhin says his forces now control.
Bbc live page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66006142
On Friday night, security in #Russia was tightened, the internet was restricted and military trucks were spotted on M#oscow streets
#Prigozhin #Wagner
Latest overnight in Russia:
One video from #Rostov shows armed men in uniform surrounding the police HQ, while two tanks aim their guns at the building
Residents of the #Russian city, near the #Ukraine border, have been told to stay calm and remain indoors
It comes after #Wagner boss Yevgeny #Prigozhin called for a rebellion against the army - although he has denied attempting a coup
The #Kremlin has ordered Prigozhin's #arrest, and he is being investigated for inciting #mutiny
A quick analysis on #Prigozhin #Wagner by the bbc's security corr:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66006142?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6496749bf2e5745fd8a78551%26The%20genie%20is%20out%20of%20the%20bottle%262023-06-24T05%3A47%3A22.927Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:01194b53-0863-494e-bea3-4db22c6c043e&pinned_post_asset_id=6496749bf2e5745fd8a78551&pinned_post_type=share
Takeawayfor #Kyiv : With the #Kremlin and Wagner now preoccupied with their own struggle, this removes some of the most effective #Russian fighting forces from the battlefield.
#Putin critic and former oligarch #Khodorkovsky says:
"We need to help now, and then, if necessary, we will fight this one, too."
Khodorkovsky said it was important to back "even the devil" if he decided to take on the Kremlin.
"And yes, this is just the beginning," he said.
#Prigozhin #Wagner
Reuters footage of armoured trucks patrolling #Moscow overnight
Latest by #Prigozhin 'press service' on the #Wagner situation in #Rostov :
We are at the (police? Army?) hq. 7.30 AM. Military facilities in Rostov, including the airfield under control. Aircraft that leave for combat (in Ukraine) leave regularly. There are no problems.
We took control so that combat aircraft would not strike us, but the Ukrainians.
The main control centre is operating normally, there are no problems'
Then comes the description of the frontline situation in #Ukraine:
#Prigozhin #Wagner hq statement on the #Ukraine war:
'A huge amount of territory has been lost, the nr of soldiers killed is 3-4X more than it is reported up the chain... losses per day on some days amount to up to a thousand people - these are killed, missing, wounded and the so-called "refuseniks" who refuse not because they are scared, but because they have no way out. No ammunition, no controls. The Chief of the General Staff fled from here (#Rostov ) as soon as he found out that we come.”
#Russia 's defence ministry appeal on Telegram to #Wagner members:
'You were deceived into #Prigozhin 's criminal adventure to participate in an armed #rebellion
▫️ Many of your comrades have realised their mistake by asking for help, assistance from our side has already been provided
▫️ Please be prudent and get in touch with representatives of the #Russian #Ministry of #Defence or law enforcement agencies as soon as possible.
▫️ We guarantee everyone's safety.'
Obey #Putin and return to your base - General #Surovikin in a subtitled video:
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#Prigozhin #Wagner
Is this a military coup? The latest take by the bbc's #Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg
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#Prigozhin #Wagner
#Putin speech:
#Russia 's president says some #Russians have been "tricked into a criminal adventure"
Putin calls the actions of mutineers a "stab in the back". Without mentioning #Wagner boss #Prigozhin , Putin says the high "ambitions" of some have led to "high treason". He warned of "inevitable punishment" for those dividing the Russian society
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#Wagner office raided in St Petersburg - acc to Fontanka.ru v BBCMonitoring
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Now that more #Russia regions are introducing 'anti-terrorist' regime, here is what it might entail:
-ID checks - in the absence of a document - taking you to the police station for id-ing
-check on phone conversations and messages transmitted via the Internet
-CTO officers can enter any living quarters, as well as the premises of organizations
-use of vehicles of organizations, and in urgent cases - of citizens
-disconnect comms
#Prigozhin #Wagner
The #BBC 's #Russia editor Steve Rosenberg's take on the #Putin speech
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66006142?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64969b881babaa614a473135%26Putin%20talking%20tough%20-%20but%20is%20he%20in%20control%20of%20the%20situation%3F%262023-06-24T07%3A37%3A32.579Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:eef71655-6804-4b29-b295-72d31a6bdcf3&pinned_post_asset_id=64969b881babaa614a473135&pinned_post_type=share
#Prigozhin #Wagner
How real is #Prigozhin 's threat of moving on #Moscow ?
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#wagner #russia #putin
BBCVerify has checked the action around the #Rostov military HQ this morning:
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#wagner #prigozhin # putin #russia
#Prigozhin on the telegram channel closest associated with him (Prigozhin's cap) says #Putin is mistaken about #betrayal of the motherland - we don't want #Russia to live in corruption, lies and bureacracy - we are the patriots, he says.
Meanwhile on the telegram channel closest associated with #Wagner they reposted a jolly video about how to survive in a civil war
it will not come as a surprise that #Kadyrov offered his support and loyalty to #Putin, saying the #Prigozhin #Wagner #rebellion / #mutiny shall be crushed
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the take of #Ukrainian deputy defence minister, Anna #Malyar:
Whatever state they build, it turns into a “Gulag”, which sooner or later riots and falls apart. The #Ukraine #war showed the weakest point of the #Russia n empire - the fear of the truth. All their decisions are based on lies... This is such an imperial feature - to inflate one's own greatness and overestimate oneself. This prompted them to a completely inadequate decision - to unleash a war w Ukraine' #Prigozhin #wagner
#Russia 's censorship body Roskomnadzor says 'it might' restrict #internet #access in the regions where they started an 'antiterrorist operation', says TASS. These regions are #Moscow and surroundings, #Voronezh region etc
They deny having restricted Telegram, although users complain of app crashes in Moscow, St #Petersburg, #Volgograd, #Voronezh
#Prigozhin #Wagner #Putin
latest audio message from what sounds like #Prigozhin on a telegram channel associated with him - about support for him and #Wagner :
“We did not touch a single conscript. We didn't kill a single person along the way. We entered #Rostov and captured the headquarters building without firing a shot. We have not interfered with the work of a single person. There are people with PMC flags on the street.”
@fulelo I wonder what Lukashenko is doing this weekend
@EdSanders
I've seen some rumours that he has already left Belarus 😂
But no official confirmation of course.
@fulelo
@m0xee @EdSanders that Turkey flight would be controversial from so many points of views