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The leader of PMC Wagner, said he was "going to sort it out" in Moscow after his group was attacked from the rear. We are tracking the situation.
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According to the Wagner ringleader, there are now two aircraft numbered 523 and 546 in the air.
"Remember guys, you will not be forgiven by your homeland for strikes on its territory," he said.
Aircraft can indeed be heard in Rostov, eyewitnesses said.
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o VKontakte has begun blocking the publication of Prigozhin's statements, based on a fresh request from the Prosecutor General's Office.
At the entrances to Moscow, cars are randomly checked. Particular attention is being paid to trucks.
There is no reason to doubt the fury of Prigozhin. As well as in Putin's meanness. Everything that's happening is neither a staged scenario nor a 'contract,'" says Nevzorov.
ASTRA's sources report that the order not to oppose Wagner's movement across the border came from the FSB: "There was no resistance to the infiltration of the Wagner fighters, they were quietly allowed through.
Prigozhin said that the chief of the General Staff gave the command to "raise the planes and open fire on the convoys that are walking among peaceful vehicles".
The head of the Wagner PMC also claimed that the pilots refused to carry out the order.
Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has reported to Putin that a criminal case has been opened over the attempted mutiny, TASS quoted Dmitry Peskov as saying.
Krasnov said that the criminal case had been opened legally.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has reported that units of the Wagner PMC are entering Rostov-on-Don. The audio message was published on Prigozhin's Press Service channel:
▪️В we have now crossed the state borders in all places. Border guards have come out and hugged our troops. We are now entering Rostov;
▪️Срочников threw a roadblock to the Wagner PMC, they have stepped aside. We are not at war with children.
▪️Если someone gets in the way, we will destroy everyone. We go all the way

Google News not available in Moscow
Russian providers are blocking access to Google News, GlobalCheck reports. Currently, only a quarter of Russian users have it. MTS, Beeline and Rostelecom customers also have difficulties loading the site.
The Moscow publishers are reporting that the Fryazinsky military unit. No. 42795 is on fire in the Moscow Region.
Troop Unit No 42795 has been one of the best among the sister bases and depots subordinated to the Main Armoured Vehicle Directorate of the rf Ministry of Defence for many years.
The Moscow publicity blogs report that military vehicles drive towards the Kremlin on the Kotelnicheskaya embankment.
Security measures have been beefed up in Moscow with the OMON and SOBR units of the Rosgvardia.
Government agencies and transport infrastructure are being guarded, and riot police and SOBR units of the Russian Guard Service have been put on alert as part of the Fortress plan.

What's going on in the rf
Breaking news on Channel One:
- video of the strike on Prigozhin's mercenaries is staged;
- prigozhin's statements prepared in advance;
- rf ministry of Defence denies strike on Wagner.
Host Ekaterina Andreeva recounted official statements previously circulated by the Defence Ministry, NAC, Prosecutor-General's Office, Prigozhin and FSB about Prigozhin's rebellion.
The video of the Defence Ministry's strike on the Wagner PMC camp was staged in the broadcast.
It was also reported that Putin had been informed of the situation.
No new details were announced.
Andreeva announced additional news bulletins.
Meanwhile, on the Don highway (the Moscow-Voronezh-Rostov-on-Don motorway), the FSB, with the support of the sobr, set up roadblocks, according to the Russian service of the BBC.
A source close to the security services told the BBC that the law enforcers on duty at the checkpoints are ordered to open fire "in case of a threat".
At the same time, the equipment is in readiness mode, but the units have not received any order to move it out yet.
The first skirmish between the forward groups of the Vagner Chechen Communist Party moving towards Moscow and Rosgvardiya units was reported to have taken place on the Rostov-Moscow motorway near the settlement of Cossack camps.
As a result of the exchange of fire, the Rosgvardiya fled, dropping their weapons and several APCs, while the pmc convoy, led by Dmitri Utkin, continued towards Moscow.
Several Russian army units are reported to have refused to leave their barracks against Pogozhin and the Wagner
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air and Space Forces and former commander of the United Group of Forces, General Surovikin, and the first deputy commander of the GRU, Lieutenant General Alexeyev, have appealed to the mercenaries of the Wagner PMC not to obey the orders of Prigozhin.
"This is a stab in the back of the country and the president. This is a coup d'etat. Come to your senses," Alexeyev said.
What is known about "Prigozhin's Rebellion" so far
"The Wagnerians have reported a missile strike on their camp "from the rear". According to information from the field, the strike was carried out from the rear, i.e. by the rf military.
Prihodzhin pledged revenge on those who struck the Wagner camp from behind
The council of commanders of the Wagner military company said that "those who struck at the rear camps of the private military company will be punished". Prihodzhin himself stated that the Russian Armed Forces carried out the strike.
He announced the start of a military coup in Russia.
Prigozhin's statements
I am asking you not to resist anyone. Anyone who tries to resist, we will destroy. Justice in the troops will be restored, and after that, so will justice in all of Russia.
There are 25,000 of us, and we're going to find out why there's lawlessness in the country. 25,000 is expected as a tactical reserve. And the strategic reserve is the whole army and the whole country. Anyone who wants in, join us. We've got to end this mess
Details have started to emerge. Defense Minister came to Rostov specifically to carry out an operation to destroy the "Wagner" PMC. He used the artillerymen and helicopter pilots in darkness to destroy us.
Conscripts of the Russian Guard, put down your weapons and do not obstruct the columns of Wagner PMC fighters at the roadblocks, where you were thrown by scoundrels and cowardly commanders. We are going to the Ministry of Defence, no one will touch you.
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