Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a major security threat over the weekend when Wagner chief and former top ally Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a mutiny against Moscow.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin published an audio message, his first public remarks since a rebellion against Russia's leadership over the war in Ukraine.faced the greatest threat to his leadership since he assumed the role more than 20 years ago as Wagner mercenary forces mutinied and looked to storm Moscow.
The mercenary leader not only said there was no threat from Ukraine against Russia, but that Kyiv had no plans to join the NATO alliance to take up arms against Moscow. He also claimed this misinformation was down to lies supplied by the Ministry of Defense to deceive Putin and Russian society. The city was a significant take for Prigozhin as it is not only the largest city in southern Russia but also the headquarters of the Russian southern military district command, whose 58th Combined Arms Army is fighting in southern Ukraine.
Russia’s Federal Security Service responded by launching a criminal investigation against Prigozhin and accused him of launching what amounted to a mutiny. – Reports began to surface that Wagner forces had entered the Voronezh region and shortly after 11:40, and the governor of the region, Aleksandr Gusev, took to Telegram to say that Russian forces were"conducting necessary operational and combat activities" in a"counterterrorism operation," reported the Kyiv Independent.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin urged residents to stay indoors and declared Monday a day off work as the Russian National Guard worked to defend the city from a possible attack.
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