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Rebel Russian mercenaries barrel towards Moscow
Putin vows to crush 'armed mutiny' from Wagner
That came soon after Prigozhin
announced a march for justice
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ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) -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.
Russian media showed pictures of small groups of police manning machine gun positions on Moscow's southern outskirts Authorities in the Lipetsk region south of the capital told residents to stay home.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, also called on people to refrain as far as possible from trips around the city, given a counter-terrorism operation had been declared, and said the situation was "difficult."
Sobyanin also said in a statement that Monday would be a non-working day - with some exceptions - in order "to minimise risks". There was an increased security presence on the streets and Red Square was blocked off by metal barriers.
More than 100 firefighters were in action at a fuel depot ablaze in Voronezh. Video footage obtained by Reuters showed it blowing up in a fireball shortly after a helicopter flew by. Prigozhin accused Russia's military of hitting civilian targets from the air as it tried to slow the column's advance.
Prigozhin said his men were on a "march for justice" to remove corrupt and incompetent commanders he blames for botching the war in Ukraine.
In a televised address from the Kremlin, Putin said Russia's very existence was under threat.
"We are fighting for the lives and security of our people, for our sovereignty and independence, for the right to remain Russia, a state with a thousand-year history," he said.
"All those who deliberately stepped on the path of betrayal, who prepared an armed insurrection, who took the path of blackmail and terrorist methods, will suffer inevitable punishment, will answer both to the law and to our people."
Putin later signed a law tightening rules for breaking martial law in places where it has been imposed, the RIA news agency said.
DEFIANT PRIGOZHIN
A defiant Prigozhin said he and his men had no intention of turning themselves in.
"The president makes a deep mistake when he talks about treason. We are patriots of our motherland, we fought and are fighting for it," Prigozhin said in an audio message. "We don't want the country to continue to live in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy."
Prigozhin, whose private army fought the bloodiest battles in Ukraine even as he feuded for months with the top brass, said he had captured the headquarters of Russia's Southern Military District in Rostov without firing a shot.
In Rostov, which serves as the main rear logistical hub for Russia's entire invasion force, residents milled about calmly, filming on mobile phones as Wagner fighters in armoured vehicles and battle tanks took up positions.
One tank was wedged between stucco buildings with posters advertising the circus. Another had "Siberia" daubed in red paint across the front, a clear statement of intent to sweep across the breadth of Russia.
"Will there be civil war?" a woman in Rostov asked the mercenaries who took over the city. "No, everything will be fine," a fighter answered.
The surrounding region of Rostov is an important commodities hub.
In a series of hectic messages overnight, Prigozhin demanded that Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov should come to see him in Rostov.
'SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE'
Western capitals said they were closely following the situation in nuclear-armed Russia. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to counterparts from G7 nations. The White House said President Joe Biden was briefed.
"This represents the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times," Britain's defence ministry said.
"Over the coming hours, the loyalty of Russia's security forces, and especially the Russian National Guard, will be key to how this crisis plays out."
Putin's grip on power may depend on whether he can muster enough loyal troops to combat the mercenaries at a time when most of Russia's military is deployed at the front in southern and eastern Ukraine.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Putin to act with common sense, in a phone call with the Russian president about the recent developments.
The insurrection also risks leaving Russia's invasion force in Ukraine in disarray, just as Kyiv is launching its strongest counteroffensive since the war began in February last year.
"Russia's weakness is obvious. Full-scale weakness," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote in a social media message. "And the longer Russia keeps its troops and mercenaries on our land, the more chaos, pain and problems it will have for itself later."
PRIGOZHIN'S REVOLT
Prigozhin, a former convict and long-time ally of Putin, leads a private army that includes thousands of former prisoners recruited from Russian jails.
His men took on the fiercest fighting of the 16-month Ukraine war, including the protracted battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut.
He railed for months against the regular army's top brass, accusing generals of incompetence and of withholding ammunition from his fighters. This month, he defied orders to sign a contract placing his troops under Defence Ministry command.
He launched the apparent mutiny on Friday after alleging that the military had killed many of his fighters in an air strike. The Defence Ministry denied it.
"There are 25,000 of us and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in the country," he said, promising to destroy any checkpoints or air forces that got in Wagner's way. He later said his men had been involved in clashes with regular soldiers and had shot down a helicopter.
Anna Matveeva, senior visiting research fellow at King's College's Russia Institute, said Prigozhin was a popular figure whose men were well-equipped and trained, after doing the heavy-lifting in Ukraine in recent months.
"They are a force to be reckoned with", said Matveeva, adding that Wagner's success or failure would depend on the allies it could find within Russia's security forces.
Army Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseyev issued a video appeal asking Prigozhin to reconsider.
"Only the president has the right to appoint the top leadership of the armed forces, and you are trying to encroach on his authority," he said.
(Reporting by Reuters journalistsWriting by Andrew Osborn, Kevin Liffey, Peter Graff and Frank Jack DanielEditing by Giles Elgood and Frances Kerry)
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A doll depicting the head of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at an event on the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 25
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's plane left Moscow on the afternoon of June 24 amid an ongoing rebellion led by PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project said on Telegram on June 24, citing data from the Flightradar24 service.
Read also: Lukashenko's business jet lands in Turkey – media
The Russian government’s Il-96−300PU aircraft took off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:16 local time and headed for Valdai, one of Putin’s residences, it said.
However, Hajun said it was not known who was on board the plane, although it was an aircraft which has been used by the Russian dictator several times.
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The plane reportedly disappeared from radars near the Russian city of Tver (about 150 kilometers from Valdai), the independent Russian website Important Stories (IStories) said on Telegram on June 24. The media outlet claims that the plane is “equipped to control the armed forces.”
While commenting on Putin’s whereabouts to the state-controlled TASS news agency, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said his boss “is working in the Kremlin.”
The Ukrainian online publication Ukrainska Pravda cites an unnamed source in the Ukrainian special services who states that “Putin is leaving Moscow, he is being taken to Valdai.”
The Insider, a Russian investigative journalism project, also writes that as of 3 p.m. local time, another Russian special forces aircraft had landed in St. Petersburg.
The independent news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit, in turn, reports that Russian officials are fleeing from Moscow on business jets – at least three flights served by the Special Flight Unit“Rossiya” of the Russian President’s Administration have already departed for St. Petersburg.
Read also: Prigozhin vows to ‘end’ Shoigu, FSB charges Wagner with ‘inciting insurrection’ – updated
On June 23, the chief of PMC Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin declared war on the Russian Defense Ministry after an alleged attack by the Russian army on his mercenaries’ military camp.
As of June 24, according to media reports, Wagner mercenaries took control of Russian military facilities in Rostov and Voronezh.
Prigozhin demands access to Russia’s top military leadership, threatening to "advance towards Moscow."
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the breaking news that the leader of the fake electoral slate scheme for Donald Trump is ready to enter into a proffer agreement with prosecutors on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team and turn against Donald Trump.
Looks like the only
Looks like the only "abandonment" is that of Sawed-off Vlady abandonning MOSCOW:
Flights leaving Moscow sell out as Wagner troops descend, and unconfirmed reports say Putin might have left the capital for St. Petersburg
Flights leaving Moscow sell out as Wagner troops descend, and unconfirmed reports say Putin might have left the capital for St. Petersburg
There has been speculation that Moscow's elite would flee amid reports Wagner fighters are marching on Russia's capital.
Putin's plane reportedly departs from Moscow to Valdai, disappears from radars – media
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A doll depicting the head of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at an event on the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 25
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's plane left Moscow on the afternoon of June 24 amid an ongoing rebellion led by PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project said on Telegram on June 24, citing data from the Flightradar24 service.
Read also: Lukashenko's business jet lands in Turkey – media
The Russian government’s Il-96−300PU aircraft took off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:16 local time and headed for Valdai, one of Putin’s residences, it said.
However, Hajun said it was not known who was on board the plane, although it was an aircraft which has been used by the Russian dictator several times.
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The plane reportedly disappeared from radars near the Russian city of Tver (about 150 kilometers from Valdai), the independent Russian website Important Stories (IStories) said on Telegram on June 24. The media outlet claims that the plane is “equipped to control the armed forces.”
While commenting on Putin’s whereabouts to the state-controlled TASS news agency, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said his boss “is working in the Kremlin.”
The Ukrainian online publication Ukrainska Pravda cites an unnamed source in the Ukrainian special services who states that “Putin is leaving Moscow, he is being taken to Valdai.”
The Insider, a Russian investigative journalism project, also writes that as of 3 p.m. local time, another Russian special forces aircraft had landed in St. Petersburg.
The independent news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit, in turn, reports that Russian officials are fleeing from Moscow on business jets – at least three flights served by the Special Flight Unit“Rossiya” of the Russian President’s Administration have already departed for St. Petersburg.
Read also: Prigozhin vows to ‘end’ Shoigu, FSB charges Wagner with ‘inciting insurrection’ – updated
On June 23, the chief of PMC Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin declared war on the Russian Defense Ministry after an alleged attack by the Russian army on his mercenaries’ military camp.
As of June 24, according to media reports, Wagner mercenaries took control of Russian military facilities in Rostov and Voronezh.
Prigozhin demands access to Russia’s top military leadership, threatening to "advance towards Moscow."
?????????????. Wrong bitch as usual306,218 views Jun 24, 2023
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the breaking news that the leader of the fake electoral slate scheme for Donald Trump is ready to enter into a proffer agreement with prosecutors on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team and turn against Donald Trump.
Looks like the only
Looks like the only "abandonment" is that of Sawed-off Vlady abandonning MOSCOW:
Flights leaving Moscow sell out as Wagner troops descend, and unconfirmed reports say Putin might have left the capital for St. Petersburg
Flights leaving Moscow sell out as Wagner troops descend, and unconfirmed reports say Putin might have left the capital for St. Petersburg
There has been speculation that Moscow's elite would flee amid reports Wagner fighters are marching on Russia's capital.
Putin's plane reportedly departs from Moscow to Valdai, disappears from radars – media
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Sat, June 24, 2023 at 6:33 AM PDT
A doll depicting the head of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at an event on the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 25
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's plane left Moscow on the afternoon of June 24 amid an ongoing rebellion led by PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project said on Telegram on June 24, citing data from the Flightradar24 service.
Read also: Lukashenko's business jet lands in Turkey – media
The Russian government’s Il-96−300PU aircraft took off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:16 local time and headed for Valdai, one of Putin’s residences, it said.
However, Hajun said it was not known who was on board the plane, although it was an aircraft which has been used by the Russian dictator several times.
- ADVERTISEMENT -
The plane reportedly disappeared from radars near the Russian city of Tver (about 150 kilometers from Valdai), the independent Russian website Important Stories (IStories) said on Telegram on June 24. The media outlet claims that the plane is “equipped to control the armed forces.”
While commenting on Putin’s whereabouts to the state-controlled TASS news agency, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said his boss “is working in the Kremlin.”
The Ukrainian online publication Ukrainska Pravda cites an unnamed source in the Ukrainian special services who states that “Putin is leaving Moscow, he is being taken to Valdai.”
The Insider, a Russian investigative journalism project, also writes that as of 3 p.m. local time, another Russian special forces aircraft had landed in St. Petersburg.
The independent news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit, in turn, reports that Russian officials are fleeing from Moscow on business jets – at least three flights served by the Special Flight Unit“Rossiya” of the Russian President’s Administration have already departed for St. Petersburg.
Read also: Prigozhin vows to ‘end’ Shoigu, FSB charges Wagner with ‘inciting insurrection’ – updated
On June 23, the chief of PMC Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin declared war on the Russian Defense Ministry after an alleged attack by the Russian army on his mercenaries’ military camp.
As of June 24, according to media reports, Wagner mercenaries took control of Russian military facilities in Rostov and Voronezh.
Prigozhin demands access to Russia’s top military leadership, threatening to "advance towards Moscow."
Gotta luv commie Nazi gutter ? ??? and his MTN that buttfucks him daily
Belarusian President held talks with Prigozhin today. Lukashenko says that Prigozhin has agreed to "stop the movement of armed persons on the territory of Russia and to take further steps to deescalate.” Currently the word is they’re returning to their bases.
Belarusian President held talks with Prigozhin today. Lukashenko says that Prigozhin has agreed to "stop the movement of armed persons on the territory of Russia and to take further steps to deescalate.” Currently the word is they’re returning to their bases.
Hey, maybe Vlady can bunk with YOU and Momma Nazi, and engage in a barf inducing three way.
Run, Forrest, RUN....uh, I mean, run, Vladdy, RUN!!!
Ukraine Update: Putin's blunder
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HM-Ar4zz7uU
Punk ass, sawed-off runt, ran like a 'lil BITCH, lol.
Where you AT, NAZI SCUM?
Civil War sparks in Russia?
Punk ass, sawed-off runt, ran like a 'lil BITCH, lol.
Where you AT, NAZI SCUM?
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Former FBI agent Peter Strzok trolls Trump over Russia crisis
Story by Gideon Rubin • Friday
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok© Raw Story
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok on Friday trolled Donald Trump amid reports that a conflict between a Russian mercenary army and the nation’s military has escalated into an armed conflict.
“It’s in these moments of sudden global instability that I miss the strategic vision and calm, measured maturity of Donald Trump and his national security advisor Mike Flynn,” Strzok said in a retweet of video that claims to show armored vehicles patrolling the streets of Moscow. The original tweet was posted by geopolitical and national security expert Dmitri Alperovitch. Strzok's comments were clear sarcasm.
“FSB calls on Wagner to ignore Prigozhin’s criminal orders and to assist in his apprehension. Multiple generals making videos calling on them to do the same,” Alperovitch tweeted.
The New York Times reports that Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, who leads the notorious Wagner group, has been accused by Russian military generals of attempting a coup against President Vladimir Putin amid a probe of Progozhin for “organizing an armed rebellion.”
The report describes the confrontation that the biggest challenge to Putin’s authority since he launched his invasion of Ukraine 16 months ago.
Retired C.I.A. officer Mick Mulroy told The Times that Prigozhin poses “a serious challenge” to Putin, noting that the Russian military may need to shift its attention on the Ukrainian counteroffensive to the Russian government’s “self-preservation.”
“Even if this attempted coup fails, it emphatically makes the point that those closest to this war know it was a terrible mistake,” Mulroy said.
Putin's Days May Be Numbered
Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 4:57:36p PDT
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/25/2177601/-Putin-s-Days-May-Be-Numbered#comments
RO37 has a front page on Putin and Prigozhin, Ukraine Update: The Coup that Wasn't, on how Putin is much weaker now after Prigozhin’s failed . . . whatever it was he was trying to do. I don’t want to duplicate that story, just present a slightly different slant on it.
In Russian history, coups generally get their motivation from failed military action; WWI is the classic example. And there is certainly enough motivation here; it’s probably part of what drove Prigozhin to act: his troops had succeeded in taking Bakhmut when Putin’s regulars couldn’t, and not only did not get thanked for it (nor, apparently, paid), Russian forces attacked his troops (or so he claims).
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But I don’t think the army will be the driving force that gets Putin out of power. It will be the oligarchs. Yes, Putin has some control over them, but they also have control over him; he needs their support to run Russia. He can threaten or eliminate a few of them, but not all. They have backed Putin’s war up til now (or at least kept quiet), but can’t be happy with the way it’s been bungled, nor with western sanctions keeping them from their trips and houses and all the other western goodies they’ve become accustomed to.
The oligarchs, and the army, probably shied away from backing Prigozhin because he is even nastier and more brutal than Putin. Now Prigozhin is out of the game, and his forces are being broken up and integrated into the regular army. At the same time, Putin has shown himself to be weak, isolated, making poor decisions (to put it mildly) that are hurting powerful players in Russia, and they sense his vulnerability. As I see it, the army is too disorganized and fractured to plan a coup, and there are still those elements loyal to Putin who would put up a fight. A palace coup organized by the oligarchs seems to me a more likely possibility.
Nick Walsh at CNN has his own analysis: Bizarre and chaotic 36 hours in Russia feels like the beginning of the end for Putin. While he doesn’t single out any actors, he does say this:
I’m willing to guess the elite have had enough.
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In response to some comments below:
I don’t have a clue who would replace Putin, though I doubt it would be Prigozhin; the elite would do their best to make sure that doesn’t happen. I think the most likely scenario is some kind of politburo at first, followed by internal struggles in a scramble for the top. Very messy. No good outcomes here.
And if Prigozhin did somehow get his hands on a nuke, then all bets are off — though if Russia still has any decent kind of failsafe, he might not be able to use it.
