Apparently it just started
Apparently it just started
CNN: Wagner claims it has taken control of military facilities in Voronezh
“Military facilities in Voronezh are taken under the control of the Wagner PMC. The army switches to the side of the people,” read a short statement from Wagner’s Telegram channel.
(The Guardian):
Yevgeny Prigozhin says in a new video message that all military sites in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don are under the Wagner mercenary group’s control, Reuters is reporting … Prigozhin says it that does not impede Russia’s conduct of what it calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
CNN: Voronezh governor says convoy of military equipment is moving along the highway
Voronezh is about half way to Moscow
(The Guardian): Reuters is reporting that video on a pro-Wagner channel on Telegram appears to show Yevgeny Prigozhin talking to top Russian generals in what the channel says is the district military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don.
Prigozhin appears to say on the video that his men will blockade Rostov-on-Don and head for Moscow unless Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, and Gen Valery Gerasimov come to them.
If you zoom out you can see that a lot of southern Italy and Northern Africa is burning too