BREAKING: Vladimir Putin has been briefed on an 'attempted armed rebellion' as the Wagner Group leader says military facilities in Rostov-on-Don are under his control.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, said on Saturday that the headquarters of the Southern Military District and all military facilities in Rostov-on-Don were under his control.In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023.
Prigozhin in a video demanded the Kremlin to bring Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu to him.
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