During the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the power struggle between Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Kremlin escalated. Prigozhin’s troops are currently on their way to Moscow, and the next few hours could be crucial. Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) is concerned.
According to the British army, the Wagner mercenaries crossed the border into Russia in at least two places on Saturday night. The British assume that Prigozhin will leave the city of Voronezh for Moscow, some 500 kilometers away. It is noteworthy that neither the Russian army nor other law enforcement agencies resisted.
The next few hours are crucial
How loyal the Russian armed forces have behaved will be decisive in the coming hours. The Ministry of Defense in London concludes that it is the biggest challenge for the Russian state in recent times.
Nehammer warned
However, Nehammer warned: “Nuclear weapons must not fall into the wrong hands.” He is in contact with EU colleagues, the Western secret services are constantly analyzing the situation in Russia.
The latest developments in the live blog:
Ukraine’s ambassador to Austria, Wassyl Chymynets, said Putin started the war against Ukraine in 2014. Prigozhin’s actions since Friday have shown that the Russian propaganda “that justified this war against us” has now been completely destroyed. Putin caused the problems in his own country and Russia is getting weaker.
The authorities in Moscow and the surrounding area have declared a state of emergency. This means, among other things, that the security forces can ‘remove’ people from certain parts of the site at their own discretion. Secret Service agents can also enter any building without a court order.
Ukraine: civil war going on
Top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, stated that the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive ultimately destabilized the Russian elite. “We are currently experiencing the beginning of a civil war,” he said confidently.
Difficult situation in Rostov-on-Don
The situation in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don remains dangerous. BBC Russia reports that the entire city center has been cordoned off. There are soldiers everywhere.
Several media reports that explosions and shots can be heard between Rostov and Voronezh.
What happened?
On Friday night, in several audio contributions to the short message service Telegram, Prigozhin described Russia’s official justification for the war in Ukraine as a lie and accused Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering a military strike to destroy his Wagner mercenary group. A video has been published on another Telegram channel, which speaks of a missile attack by the Russian army on Wagner units.
Regarding footage of a forest area with fallen trees and fires, it said in writing: “A rocket attack was carried out on the warehouses of the private military company Wagner. Many casualties.” The attack was carried out by the Russian military.The information and the authenticity of the video cannot be independently verified.
Source: Krone
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