June 24 () –
Wagner’s leader, Yevgeni Prigozhin, has assured in a video recorded at the Rostov Southern District Headquarters that they have “the Rostov military installations under control.”
In the same video –published on Telegram– he explained that the actions carried out in the last few hours do not prevent the continuation of the war in Ukraine. “There are no problems, not a single officer has been fired. So, when they tell you that Wagner interfered with the job and therefore something fell in front, that’s not why it fell in front,” has said.
It all started this Friday when the mercenary organization denounced on its Telegram channel that “a missile attack against Wagner training camps” had been launched and that it had left “many victims.” “The coup has been delivered (…) by soldiers from the Russian Ministry of Defense,” the message highlights.
The Wagner Group has warned that it has up to 25,000 paramilitaries in its ranks and that they are going to “find out why this chaos is happening,” which they say “is true.” “All those who want can join. We must put an end to this disgrace,” the organization said, adding that it is necessary to “stop evil” within the Russian military leadership.
