Putin vows to crush uprising

President Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush an armed mutiny after Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin seized control of military sites in an attempt to oust Russia’s military leadership


Yevgeny Prigozhin: Accuses Russia’s military leadership of killing large number of his fighters in air strike in Ukraine. Demands to meet with defence minister

Moscow: Security tightened, armed vehicles seen on streets. In TV address, Putin calls Wagner challenge “high treason”

Voronezh: Wagner fighters reportedly seize military sites

M4: Army helicopters fire at armed Wagner column moving north


POLAND
BELARUS
200km 125 miles
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Russian control
BLACK SEA
RUSSIA
Kharkiv
Bakhmut 
Donetsk
CRIMEA
Lipetsk
Wagner troops: 25,000
M4

Rostov-on-Don: Wagner troops claim control of city of one million people


Sources: BBC, Reuters, ISW
Picture: Getty Images
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