Russia is on edge at the possibility of a armed rebellion. In response to threats from Wagner’s boss to arrest the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, the FSB (former KGB) has asked the mercenaries to rebel against their boss and arrest him for treason. However, this has not been the case: the leader of the militiamen, Yevgeny Prigozhinhas declared in the early hours of this Saturday that his men have shot down a Russian helicopter and have entered the Russian city of Rostov meeting no resistance.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has addressed the country saying that all those who took up arms against the army they are “traitors”, and that the army has orders of what to do. the russian leader avoided calling Yevgeny Prigozhin by namewho has made a stronghold with his men in the Russian city of Rostov, on the border with Ukraine.
As night fell, Wagner’s chief finally ordered his men to return to their bases and not to continue the advance towards Moscow to avoid “bloodshed”.
Prigozhin claimed that his fighters had advanced 200 kilometers (124 miles) to Moscow in the last 24 hours.