A protracted-running feud over the invasion of Ukraine between the Russian navy and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the pinnacle of Russia’s non-public Wagner navy group, escalated into an open confrontation over the previous day.
Prigozhin accused Russia of attacking his troopers and appeared to problem one in all President Vladimir Putin’s major justifications for the battle, and Russian generals in flip accused him of attempting to mount a coup towards Putin.
Prigozhin (pronounced pree-GOH-zhin) claimed he had management of Russia’s southern navy headquarters within the metropolis of Rostov-on-Don, close to the entrance strains of the battle in Ukraine the place his fighters had been working. Video confirmed him getting into the headquarters’ courtyard.
Prigozhin’s strikes arrange the largest problem to Putin’s authority since he invaded of Ukraine early final yr. Putin promised “decisive actions,” and Russian safety forces scrambled to regain management within the nation’s south.
Occasions unfolded quickly:
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Prigozhin stepped up his criticisms of the Russian navy in movies posted to social media yesterday. He mentioned Russian troops had attacked Wagner encampments and killed “an enormous variety of fighters.” His claims couldn’t be verified, however he promised to carry troopers into Russia in retaliation.
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Troops broadly believed to be Wagner forces surrounded the navy headquarters in Rostov, and tanks drove down town’s streets, movies confirmed. Troopers have been additionally seen in different key locations, just like the Ministry of Inner Affairs for the area.
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Indicators of energetic combating have been additionally seen close to the western Russian metropolis of Voronezh, in keeping with movies posted on-line, together with helicopters and a destroyed truck alongside the street. Studies mentioned that Wagner fighters had entered the area.
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Prigozhin declared that his forces have been headed to Moscow. “We’re going farther,” he mentioned. “We are going to go to the tip.”
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Russia navy armored automobiles have been deployed on the streets of Moscow and in Rostov-on-Don, and Russia was transferring convoys of navy gear on a significant freeway linking the 2 cities.
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Russian safety forces appeared to have additionally raided a Wagner constructing in St. Petersburg.
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Putin vowed “to stabilize the state of affairs in Rostov-on-Don.” He additionally referred to as Wagner’s actions a treasonous, armed rebel. Prigozhin rejected the allegations.
The important thing figures
Prigozhin: Although he has complained for months about Russia’s navy brass, his accusations have been a major turnabout. Prigozhin is a businessman who grew to become wealthy by means of his ties to Putin, profitable profitable authorities contracts whereas constructing the Wagner mercenary pressure. (Learn extra about him from The Instances’s Moscow bureau chief, Anton Troianovski.)
Putin: His fast public tackle was an indication of the seriousness of the state of affairs. He prefers to exert energy behind the scenes till the end result is evident, The Instances’s Steven Lee Myers wrote. Putin additionally acknowledged some success by Prigozhin, saying that the functioning of Rostov, a metropolis of 1,000,000 individuals, had “basically been blocked.”
The generals: Prigozhin’s feud with the Russian generals grew out of the battle for the jap Ukrainian metropolis of Bakhmut, which his forces led on the Russian aspect. He accused the protection minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the nation’s most senior common, Valery Gerasimov, of treason. He mentioned they intentionally withheld ammunition and provides from Wagner whereas their troops failed repeatedly within the battle.
Ukraine: “Russia’s weak point is apparent,” President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned. However his nation was nonetheless mired in violence. Russian forces fired greater than 20 missiles at Kyiv this morning, killing at the very least three individuals.
What’s subsequent
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