Putin set to address the nation as Wagner boss launches rebellion
Moscow accused him of launching a mutiny and has ordered his arrest. The internet has been restricted and the military was deployed to the capital's streets.
Footage showed armed fighters in Rostov, surrounding a government building as a pair of tanks take aim. Prigozhin, who denies he is carrying a coup and framed his attack as an operation against the military, said he controls key areas of the city.Taking aim at the top Russian general, Valery Gerasimov, and defence minister Sergei Shoigu, he said: "We have arrived here, we want to receive the chief of the general staff and Shoigu.
He was seen in footage with deputy defence minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Vladimir Alekseev, the deputy head of Russia's military intelligence. He is sat between the two men - apparently after securing a military HQ in Rostov, though it is unclear when the footage was shot. "We've come here because we want to get the chief of the general staff and Russia's defence minister," he said.The M4 motorway, which runs from Rostov to Moscow, was shut.Tensions between Wagner and the military have lasted for months. Wagner took Bakhmut, the Ukrainian city, at a high cost and Prigozhin has been the most prominent critic of the military leadership.
He was even touted as a possible successor to Putin though he has tried to avoid criticising him directly.
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