Russian Mercenary Group Marching On Moscow

Who didn't see this coming? Tensions between Prigozhin's Wagner mercenaries and the Russian army have finally boiled over into a full-blown coup attempt. Just how far they'll get with that remains to be seen but with at least 90% of the Russian army stuck in Ukraine with Putin's folly the Russians are dangerously exposed - against other Russians. President Putin has vowed to crush the armed rebellion, calling the recent events a "stab in the back" and "treason" in a 5-minute address to the nation. Source: Reuters ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, June 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush what he called an armed mutiny after the private army of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin seized control of a southern city as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership. In Russia's first armed insurrection since the Chechen wars 20 years ago, heavily armed fighters from Prigozhin's Wagner militia were in control of the streets of Rostov-on-Don, a city of more than a million people close to the border with Ukraine.read more

 

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