Prigozhin toppled by overambitious

RUSSIA
BELARUS
Rostov- on-Don
Moscow  
Krasnoe
Voronezh 
Pavlovsk
Kyiv 
Kharkiv
UKRAINE 
Bakhmut 
Donetsk 
Russian control
Jun 24, 20:30: Prigozhin halts convoy, saying he wants to avoid shedding Russian blood
BLACK SEA 
CRIMEA

200km 125 miles

All times local

2014: Yevgeny Prigozhin (left), staunch ally of President Vladimir Putin, founds Wagner Group, which takes part in Putin’s annexation of Crimea

Mar 2022: Wagner mercenary group deployed to Ukraine

Nov: Wagner spearheads Russia’s battle for town of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Feb 2023: Prigozhin accuses Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) and top general Valery Gerasimov of withholding ammunition and supplies from his fighters

May: Wagner forces capture Bakhmut

Jun: Prigozhin claims Shoigu and Gerasimov misled Putin into invading Ukraine

Jun 10: Shoigu gives Prigozhin 21 days to place his troops under Defence Ministry command. Prigozhin refuses – demands Shoigu’s dismissal

Jun 23: Prigozhin accuses Shoigu of missile attack on camp of Wagner personnel

Jun 24, 07:30: Wagner forces take city of Rostov-on-Don, army’s southern command HQ. Wagner advances as far as Krasnoe, 330km south of Moscow

Jun 25: In deal negotiated with President Lukashenko of Belarus, Kremlin drops criminal charges against Wagner in exchange for return to bases. Prigozhin to relocate to Belarus




Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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