Military leaders are pleading with mercenaries to stay loyal
, the long-running feud among Russia’s warlords has burst spectacularly into the open, amid accusations of internecine attacks, betrayal and insurrection. Armoured vehicles deployed to the streets of Moscow during the night on June 23rd. Uncertain-looking generals issued videos pleading with fighters of the shadowy Wagner mercenary group to remain loyal. Events remain murky but questions are inevitably being raised about the stability of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Then his rants took an ominous turn when he stated that thousands of Wagner fighters had been killed by a missile strike launched—not by Ukraine at the front, but “from the rear”, by Russian army units. Vowing that Wagner would “respond to this evildoing”, he announced a “march of justice” against Russia’s army, but was careful to say it was not a “coup”.
The defence ministry denied Mr Prigozhin’s accusations, calling them “informational provocation”. The, Russia’s main security service, later announced it would prosecute Mr Prigozhin “over calls for an armed uprising”. It told Wagner fighters “not to make an irreparable mistake, to stop using any force against the Russian people, not to carry out Prigozhin’s criminal and treacherous orders, and to take steps to detain him”.
Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin’s spokesman, said the Russian leader was aware of Mr Prigozhin’s comments and that “all the necessary measures were being taken”. Little has been seen of Mr Putin himself.
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