Russian army helicopters opened fire on a Wagner mercenary military convoy on the M4highway outside the city of Voronezh on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
what he called an armed mutiny after the private army of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin seized control of a southern city as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership.
“Excessive ambitions and vested interests have led to treason,” Putin said in a televised address, calling the mutiny a “stab in the back”. Western capitals said they were closely following the situation in nuclear-armed Russia. The White House said President Joe Biden was briefed. His men took on the bloodiest fighting of the 16-month Ukraine war – a protracted battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut – and he has feuded for months with the regular army’s top brass, accusing generals of incompetence and of withholding ammunition from his fighters.
Russia’s FSB security service opened a criminal case against Prigozhin for armed mutiny and said his statements were “calls for the start of an armed civil conflict on Russian territory”.At about 2 a.m. , Prigozhin posted a message on the Telegram app saying his forces were in Rostov and ready to “go all the way” against the top brass and destroy anyone who stood in their way.
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