Prigozhin: Wagner PMC militants enter Rostov
On the 486th day of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops continue to hold the neighboring country’s captured settlements. Ukraine’s armed forces reflect aggression. It is not always possible to verify the statements of representatives of both sides from independent sources. DW is following the events on Saturday, June 24 (Moscow time).
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PMC “Wagner” militants enter Rostov, said the owner of the company Evgeny Prigozhin in an audio message published on the Telegram channel “Prigozhin’s Cap”. “If anyone gets in the way, we’re going to destroy everyone… We’re going to the end,” he warned.
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US officials are closely monitoring the situation in Russia after the statements of the founder of the PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin, writes CNN. “Authorities are viewing Prigozhin’s latest comments, in which he called Russia’s military leadership ‘bad’ and said they ‘need to be stopped’, as more than his usual rhetoric,” the source said. He notes that these statements differ from his previous criticisms also in that they were not preceded by any successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “It’s real,” the US official said.
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Missile threat in southern and eastern UkraineUkrainian Telegram channels write, without giving details.
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not promised special press release Channel One presenter Ekaterina Andreeva read the official reports of the CSO FSB, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Office of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation on the situation surrounding the Wagner PMC and its owner Yevgeny Prigozhin. The video released by Prigozhin about the alleged consequences of a strike by the Ministry of Defense on the positions of the Wagner PMC was called staged. Andreeva did not say exactly what Prigogine said earlier and what she asked for.
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The publication RIA FAN, associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported that two columns of military equipment PMC “Wagner” are moving in the Rostov region. The first, about 50 km long, passes through the Novoshakhtinsk checkpoint, the second, 80 km long, passes through the Voloshino checkpoint. RIA FAN named Telegram’s pro-war channel Dontstopwar as the source of its information. However, no confirmation of this information has yet been received.
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Telegram channel “VChK-OGPU”without citing sources of information, reports that several units, including the 45th separate special forces brigade, “refused to leave the barracks against Wagner”. “By the way, the Airborne Forces have always sympathized with Prigozhin,” the channel comments.
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Owner of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin invited Russian Guard fighters to join his side. “The most promising politician turns to the National Guard with an offer that is best not to refuse. Channel AP Wagner Telegram says.
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Ukraine’s armed forces, “taking advantage of Prigozhin’s provocation to disrupt the situation”, are massing units of the 35th Marine Brigade and 36th Mechanized Brigade on the starting lines for offensive operations in Bakhmut’s tactical direction, it says Ministry of Defense of Russia.
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first channel announced a special press release “in a few minutes”.
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In Moscow, “all the most important objects are taken under heavy guardpublic authorities and transport infrastructure facilities”, reports TASS citing a police source.
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PMC “Wagner” militants responded to the appeal of General Sergei Surovikin, stating that “they remain loyal to the most promising politician and will carry out all his orders”. “Neither the FSB nor Surovikin will be able to stop what they started,” says the AP Wagner Telegram channel..
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The telegram channel Dom Mash published a video showing military and police equipment in the center of Rostov.
Russian cruise missile launches on its territory recorded in Ukraine
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In the context of a rapidly developing situation caused by an attempted rebellion by the PMC “Wagner”, Kh-101/555 cruise missile launches recorded in Ukraine Russian strategic aviation. According to the calculated data of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the missiles will enter the airspace of Ukraine around 02:20 local time.
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PMC “Wagner” addressed militants First Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Alekseev. “This is a stab in the back for the country and the president. Only the president has the right to appoint the highest levels of the armed forces, and now you are trying to usurp his power. This is a coup d’état. Such provocation could only be invented by the enemies of the Russian Federation,” said Lieutenant General Alekseev.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces and former Commander of the Russian Joint Forces Group in Ukraine Army General Sergei Surovikin recorded a video message to PMC “Wagner” fighters in which he urged them to stop. “Before it’s too late”, it is necessary to “obey the will and order” of the President of the Russian Federation, stop the columns, return them to their permanent deployment points and solve the problems “peacefully”, said Surovikin, who is considered an ally of Yevgeny Prigozhin in the structures of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “The enemy is just waiting for the domestic political situation to get worse. You cannot play into the enemy’s hands at a difficult time for the country,” said the general.
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Population Moscow continue to report military equipment that appeared on the streets of the city.
FSB called on Wagner supporters to detain Prigozhin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to comment on the situation, formed after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s statements about the “march of justice”, considered by the authorities as an attempt at armed rebellion. Meanwhile, many media drew attention to the fact that the Kremlin press service at midnight Moscow time published a video message from the President of the Russian Federation on the occasion of Youth Day. “Believe in yourself, dream boldly, achieve your goals and success will surely come,” urged Putin.
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FSB of Russia urged the PMC Wagner militants “not to make irreparable mistakes, to prevent any energetic actions against the Russian people, not to carry out Prigozhin’s criminal and treacherous orders, to take measures to stop him,” reports RIA Novosti.
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Russia’s FSB considered Yevgeny Prigozhin’s actions as organizing an armed rebellion. “This crime is punishable by imprisonment of 12 to 20 years,” she said. Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
In turn FSB Public Relations Center (CSP) emphasized that “Prigozhin’s statements and actions are in fact calls to start an armed civil conflict on the territory of Russia.” “The Armed Forces of Russia continue to carry out combat missions on the line of contact with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of \u200b\u200bthe special operation. Information on social networks on behalf of Prigozhin about the alleged attacks by the Ministry of RF of the Defense of Wagner PMC it is not true and it is a provocation”, guaranteed the CSO.
In the cities of Russia, after Prigozhin’s statements, the plan “Fortress” is presented
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In Moscow police departments against the background of statements by the owner of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin announced plan “Fortress”reports the Telegram channel “VChK-OGPU”. Astra Telegram channel sources they say Moscow security forces are also “unofficially” on high alert. According to the channel, the leadership instructed the officers to “keep in touch with everyone, not leave anywhere.”
Similar situation – in Rostov-on-Donwhere the headquarters of the Russian army is located. The plan “Fortress” was announced in several police departments of the Rostov region, writes the Telegram Baza channel. “Employees have been alerted. Whether the alarm is a training and what are its causes are being investigated,” reads the post.
Rostov edition 161.ru confirms this information: “There is an alert order for all personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Guard and the reinforcement of border posts with the LPR and the DPR.
The “Fortaleza” plan implies an emergency meeting of personnel and the control of important objects of law enforcement agencies. It also provides readiness to repel an external attack.
According to the publication “Vot Tak”which refers to two interlocutors among the military, in Rostov-on-Don, after Prigozhin’s statements, they began to arm recruits.
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