MOSCOW: The chief of mercenary group Wagner said early on Saturday (Jun 24) that his forces had shot down a Russian military helicopter. 'A helicopter has just now opened fire at a civilian column. It has been shot down by units of PMC Wagner,' Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a new audio message. He did not
In Moscow, authorities have tightened security measures, with critical facilities"put under reinforced protection", the TASS state-run news agency reported, citing a law enforcement source.Putin was being given regular updates on the unfolding tensions between the Wagner group and the defence ministry, the Kremlin said.
He warned Russians against resisting his forces and called on them to join him, adding"there are 25,000 of us". The Russian defence ministry denied Prigozhin's claims of an attack on his forces, saying the statements"do not correspond to reality", and calling them a"provocation". "The enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country. Before it is too late, it is necessary... to obey the will and order of the popularly elected President of the Russian Federation"."We are watching," the Ukrainian defence ministry tweeted, while Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said rival Russian factions had begun to"eat each other over power and money".
His forces, bolstered by tens of thousands of prison recruits, played a central role in Russia's capture of the town of Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk, the longest and bloodiest battle of the conflict.
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