Putin’s General Armageddon ARRESTED after mysteriously vanishing in ‘Kremlin purge’ amid claims he was in on Wagner coup
on Russia's southern borders late on Friday when Wagner troops seized control of Rostov-on-Don in a bloodless takeover.
Wagner fighters loyal to the leader of their private military company, Prigozhin, came within 124 miles of Moscow before he called them off. Though Saturday, they stormed up the M4 highway, taking control of military facilities in the Rostov and Voronezh regions as they closed in on the capital. Anticipating urban warfare, Russia responded by placing cement mixers on roads in Moscow and set up defensive lines across major bridges leading to the capital.when they downed weapons and returned to "bases" following orders late on Saturday.
Prighozin blamed an alleged Russian airstrike on Wagner troops in Ukraine for his decision to mount a mutiny.The Wagner boss said his guns-for-hire soldiers covered more ground than Putin’s invaders had managed in Ukraine — and said his mutiny was a "masterclass" in how to launch an invasion and seize Ukraine in just one day.Read More On The Sun
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