The security services reacted immediately by opening a criminal investigation into Prigozhin. Prigozhin on Friday called for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Shoigu. Prigozhin said Wagner field camps in Ukraine were struck by rockets, helicopter gunships and artillery fire on orders from Gerasimov following a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at which they decided to destroy Wagner.
Videos showed heavy trucks blocking highways leading to the city, long convoys of National Guard trucks were seen on a road outside Rostov-on-Don and armored vehicles were roaming the streets. Lee also reported that there are reports that Wagner troops have seized a second city halfway to Moscow.Īnd despite Prigozhin's statements that Wagner convoys had entered Rostov-on-Don, there was no confirmation of that yet on Russian social networks. Moscow woke up to a state of emergency, and Putin has ordered anti-terror measures in several regions, giving law enforcement broad legal powers. "We are in touch with the Intelligence Community and Administration as this situation unfolds."Īccording to CBS News correspondent Ian Lee, the Kremlin tightened security at key facilities around the country overnight. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, the respective chair and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement. "We are closely monitoring what appears to be a significant internal conflict among Russian forces," Sens. Hodge added that President Biden had been briefed on the situation. National Security Council spokesperson Adam Hodge told CBS News in a statement. "We are monitoring the situation and will be consulting with allies and partners on these developments," U.S. Prigozhin also said his forces shot down a Russian military helicopter that fired on a civilian convoy, but there was no independent confirmation. Valery Gerasimov, scrambled warplanes to strike Wagner's convoys, which were driving alongside ordinary vehicles.
He claimed that the chief of the General Staff, Gen.
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