Wagner rebels enter Moscow Oblast, heading for Russian capital
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Members of PMC Wagner Group had reportedly crossed the borders of Moscow Oblast as of 1700 local time on June 24 and have been advancing further, Russian Telegram channels reported on June 24.
They are said to be in the town of Barabanovo, which is two hours away from the Russian capital city of Moscow.
Before that, the Wagnerite column was spotted on the M4 highway between the town of Yelets in Lipetsk Oblast and the town of Yefremov in Tula Oblast (the distance between them is about 80 kilometers).
Wagner mercenary company chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 23 declared war on the Russian Defense Ministry after an alleged attack by the Russian army on his mercenaries’ military camp. He has had a long-standing feud with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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The mercenary forces were divided into two groups, which crossed into Russia from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. The first group passed through the Novoshakhtinsk checkpoint in Russia’s Rostov Oblast at around midnight, reaching the M4 highway, and by morning reaching the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the military district’s headquarters is located.
It is known that Prigozhin was in that group, as he met in that city with Deputy Defense MInister Yunus-bek Yevkurov and Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Vladimir Alekseev.
The second group crossed the border approximately 120 kilometers north of the first at the Voloshino checkpoint. From there, they reached the city of Millerovo in Rostov Oblast, and turned onto the M4 highway to move towards Moscow.
The Russian Verstka media outlet said on Telegram on June 24, citing its own sources, that the Wagner column of troops bypassed the city of Voronezh, using the highway and headed further north. Along the way, they fought with Russian regular army units.
Wagner troops took control of Russian military facilities in the cities of Rostov and Voronezh.
Prigozhin demands access to the top military leadership of the Russian Federation, threatening to “advance towards Moscow.”
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