Wagner mercenary chief calls for armed rebellion against Russian military leadership

[jct74]

Wagner mercenary chief calls for armed rebellion against Russian military leadership
The FSB called on Wagner fighters not to follow Prigozhin’s orders.

By Patrick Reevell
June 23, 2023

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group appears to be threatening an armed rebellion against Russia's military leadership, after accusing it of deliberately shelling his forces on Friday.

Wagner's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin in an audio message on Friday claimed his forces would now punish Russia's defense minister and chief of general staff, telling other units to stand down and not offer resistance.

"There are 25,000 of us and we are coming to sort things out. ... Those who want to join us, it's time to finish with this mess," Prigozhin said.

Prigozhin also accused defense minister Sergey Shoigu of "cowardly fleeing" from Rostov in southern Russia and ordering an attack on Wagner forces.

Prigozhin published a shaky video on Friday that showed a shattered group of trees and a burning trench, claiming it was a Wagner camp shelled by Russian troops and alleging many Wagner troops were killed.

Russia's defense ministry has already denounced the video, calling it an "information provocation."

A Kremlin spokesperson said Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware of the video.

"President Putin has been informed of all the events around Prigozhin. Necessary measures are being taken," the spokesperson said.

Russia's FSB has issued a statement accusing Prigohzin of calling for "the start of an armed civil conflict" in Russia.

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read more:
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...rebellion-russian-military/story?id=100335756

 

[jct74]

Prigozhin claims all military sites in Russia's Rostov-on-Don are under Wagner group's control

June 24, 2023

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says all military sites of the southern Russian city Rostov-on-Don are under his group's control.

Video posted to a pro-Wagner Telegram channel on Saturday reportedly showed Mr Prigozhin talking to top Russian generals in what the social media post claims is the district military headquarters in Rostov.

Mr Prigozhin says on the video his men will blockade Rostov-on-Don and head for Moscow unless the country's defence chiefs Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov come to them.

Earlier Mr Prigozhin appeared to suggest he had sent an armed convoy on a 1,200-kilometre charge towards Moscow in an unlikely attempt to topple the country's military leadership.

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read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06...-rostov-on-don-under-wagner-control/102520100

 

[Occam's Banana]

Should be right about now, then:

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1672480942563401730

 

[Occam's Banana]

Should be right about now, then:

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1672480942563401730

The audio levels on this are terrible. If you can mute the right-side channel, it might be much easier to understand.

Putin delivers address on latest developments in Russia
https://rumble.com/v2w2qyy-putin-delivers-address-on-latest-developments-in-russia.html

 

[dannno]

https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1672499796580466688

 

[69360]

It's hard to tell what is really going on here.

 

[jct74]

Rebel Russian mercenaries barrel towards Moscow

Reuters
June 24, 2023

Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia's military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of slowing their lightning advance.

Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed mutiny he compared to Russia's Civil War a century ago.

The fighters of the Wagner private army run by former Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin were already most of the way to the capital, having captured the city of Rostov and set off on an 1,100 km (680 mile) race to Moscow.

Reuters saw troop carriers and a flatbed truck carrying a tank careening past the city of Voronezh more than half way to Moscow, where a helicopter fired on them. But there were no reports of the rebels meeting any substantial resistance on the highway.

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read more:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...eaded-moscow-take-army-leadership-2023-06-24/

 

[69360]

Reports say they are within 250 miles of Moscow now. Still very unclear what exactly is happening.

 

[jct74]

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/HadiNasrallah/status/1672574153126232066

 

[jkr]

pay attention jackazz demonrats...

that Right there, THAT, is an insurrection



fkn liars...

 

[Todd]

Did someone buy them off?

 

[acptulsa]

Did someone buy them off?

Yeah, I was wondering what made them mercenaries too. There are a lot of names for people who try to overthrow their own government, but I've never heard them called mercenaries before.

 

[69360]

Yeah, I was wondering what made them mercenaries too. There are a lot of names for people who try to overthrow their own government, but I've never heard them called mercenaries before.

If they win the MSM will call them freedom fighters.

 

[acptulsa]

If they win the MSM will call them freedom fighters.

I'm wondering if that was the MSM admitting they were hired by the CIA.

 

[69360]

I'm wondering if that was the MSM admitting they were hired by the CIA.

Anything is possible. It's not clear who is on what side or if there even are sides. Reports are the Chechens are siding with Putin. You have wonder if the Russian military is at least somewhat sympathetic to Wagner if they advanced this far with little resitance.

 

[unknown]

It's hard to tell what is really going on here.

When it was first "developing", there were a couple of accounts on Twitter showing 2 small fires and claiming that an insurrection was taking place.

Seemed complete BS.

Now, not so sure.

 

[unknown]

The audio levels on this are terrible. If you can mute the right-side channel, it might be much easier to understand.

Putin delivers address on latest developments in Russia
https://rumble.com/v2w2qyy-putin-delivers-address-on-latest-developments-in-russia.html

Just listened to some of it, sounds like this is legit.

 

[unknown]

The English translation:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzXzFHwX0AM-Esq?format=jpg&name=small

 

[unknown]

https://twitter.com/GDarkconrad/status/1672566733788291074