BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says moves taken by Wagner Group leader to bring his troops into a key Russian city amounted to a “stab in the back.'
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"Over the coming hours, the loyalty of Russia's security forces, and especially the Russian National Guard, will be key to how the crisis plays out," the ministry said on Twitter.Russian President Vladimir Putin said moves taken by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, a longtime ally, to bring his troops into a key Russian city amounted to a"stab in the back.
"Actions that divide our unity are in essence defeatism before one's own people," he said."This is a stab in the back of our country and our people."Email this article The late-night statement from Putin's spokesman suggested that the Kremlin considered Wagner Group's move into Rostov-on-Don, a key Russian city close to the border with Ukraine, to be a"rebellion."
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