In Russia, PMC “Wagner”, which fought in Ukraine, on the night of June 24, revolted. It is not always possible to verify the accuracy of all incoming information. At present, the situation is as follows.
How informs DW, in the Russian capital is happening evacuation from public places – Visitors to the Pushkin Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Garage Museum, HPP-2, and Sokolniki Park were asked to leave.
The Security Council of Belarus stated that Minsk was and remains an ally of Russia and fully shares the goals and objectives of the war against Ukraine. Minsk called “a gift to the collective West any provocation, internal conflict in the military and political circles of Russia,” TASS reports.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev did not support his Russian colleague after talking to him about the situation. The Kazakh leader called what is happening “Russia’s internal affair.” He stated, according to Orda.kz., that the constitutional order and the rule of law are an indispensable condition for maintaining law and order in the country. The publication writes: “President Vladimir Putin thanked for Kazakhstan’s understanding of the current situation in the Russian Federation.”
At the request of Roskomnadzor group of PMC “Wagner” is blocked in the social network “VKontakte”reports TASS.
The Important Stories publication, citing a source close to the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, writes that Putin is “planning liquidate Prigozhin and promise amnesty to the militants “Wagner” to avoid clashes with PMCs in Moscow. The message notes:
“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not have serious forces that could block Prigozhin’s passage to Moscow. Now the backbone of the group is being assembled from all units not employed at the front: Chechen formations, the National Guard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB.”
Telegram channel SOTA announces the start riot in the Moscow pre-trial detention center “Vodnik”, which was later joined by those arrested from the pre-trial detention center “Butyrka”, writes the Cheka-OGPU, citing its sources. In “Butyrka”, as stated in the message, “right now the prisoners are massively knocking on the walls and doors.” UFSIN, in turn, denies information about the riots, and The Public Council of the Federal Penitentiary Service confirmed the information of the Cheka-OGPU about the riot in the pre-trial detention center “Vodnik”.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, commented on the attempted mutiny on Telegram with a proposal rally around Putin:
“Now the most important thing to defeat the external and internal enemy, who is hungry to tear our Motherland, to save our state, is to rally around the President, the Supreme Commander of the country’s armed forces. Split and betrayal is the path to the greatest tragedy, a universal catastrophe. We will not allow it.”
The Telegram channel “VChK-OGPU” drew attention to the fact that the plane of the presidential special flight detachment “Russia” TU-214PU, which took off from Vnukovo in the direction of St. Petersburg, in the Tver region transponders turned off: “Two options. Either they don’t want to show where the board is flying, or the board is no more.”
Governor of the Voronezh Region Alexander Gusev announced the depressurization of two tanks with oil products as a result of oil depot fire. He later clarified that we are talking about one tank. A fire train arrived at the scene, he wrote on Telegram.
The media, in particular the BBC, reported on departure Putin from Moscow. Important Stories, citing the Flightradar service, reported that the plane of Russian President Vladimir Putin took off from Moscow in the direction of St. Petersburg and disappeared from the radar:
“The destination of the board is not indicated, in the Tver region it disappeared from the tracking system. One of Putin’s residences is located in the Tver region.”
RIA Novosti, citing the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, reports that Putin works in the Kremlin.
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the TASS news agency that the president “works in the Kremlin” in Moscow. But as Wagner’s mercenaries are apparently trying to sneak into the capital, the social media rumor mill is overflowing. Some users note that Putin’s plane – a special Il-96-300PU aircraft – took off from Moscow at 14:16 (11:16 Moscow time) and headed northwest, reports FlightRadar tracking service. The plane then apparently disappeared from the system near the city of Tver, northwest of Moscow.
The press service of PMC “Wagner” published another audio message from Yevgeny Prigozhin:
“We went without a single shot, we didn’t touch a single conscript, we didn’t kill a single person on the way. Aviation, helicopters, airplanes worked for us, we went to Rostov. Without a single shot, we captured the headquarters building, we didn’t interfere with the work of a single one man”.
He stated that reports about the installation of mine barriers by PMC militants in Rostov-on-Don are not true.
The Rostov edition of 161.ru, citing a source, writes that “Kadyrov’s fighters” are sent to the Rostov region:
“According to preliminary information, about two hundred servicemen have been sent to the region. The situation is under the control of the security forces of all departments. Now all forces are directed to disarm the Wagner fighters, who are installing mine barriers in the city center. All citizens are advised not to leave their homes and If possible, do not travel by transport.
Columns of PMC “Wagner” spotted in the Lipetsk regionapproves the pro-war Telegram channel “Rybar”, and also writes TASS. The authorities of the region recommended that residents not leave their homes unless absolutely necessary and refrain from traveling by personal and public transport.
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