Wagner Group troops reported to have seized military sites in Rostov-on-Don and are said to be heading towards Moscow.
chief's testy response could pave the way to"civil war" in Russia, former U.S. Commander Ben Hodges has toldPrigozhin said on Saturday that his Wagner Group of mercenaries had taken control of Russia's Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don. They have also reportedly taken sites in Voronezh, further north, on the way to Moscow.
Hodges said that the president's order to direct the army and the state's security services to destroy Wagner, along with Prigozhin's response,"raises this to a much higher level of potential violence, perhaps even to a civil war.[4/5] Further Wagner units are moving north through Vorenezh Oblast, almost certainly aiming to get to Moscow. With very limited evidence of fighting between Wagner and Russian security forces, some have likely remained passive, acquiescing to Wagner.
"This could pick up momentum of course, depending on the really big question—what will the military do?" he told."Will they respond to Putin's orders, will they obey anything from MoD or General Staff? Or will they either switch sides or stay on the sidelines?
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