Wagner Rebellion 'Stab In The Back' Says Putin, 'Just The Beginning' Says Ukraine: Top Points

Prigozhin on Saturday announced that he was inside the army HQ in southern Russia's Rostov-on-Don and that his fighters have taken control of the city's military sites, including an aerodrome.

After Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to take action against Russia's military leadership, Russian President Vladimir Putin said 'decisive actions' will be taken against the 'traitors' who organized the rebellion. He dubbed it as a 'stab in the back' and 'betrayal' to Russia arisng out of his 'personal ambition'. On the other hand, an aide of Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, "everything is just beginning in Russia," as quoted by the news agency AFP. 

The head of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday announced that he was inside the army HQ in southern Russia's Rostov-on-Don and that his fighters have taken control of the city's military sites, including an aerodrome. 

Here Are Top Points:

• Ruling out the option of surrender, Prigozhin on Saturday said that Putin was "deeply mistaken" in calling rebelling Wagner fighters "traitors", as reported by AFP.


• Following the claims of Wagner chief, Russia declared an "anti-terrorist operation regime" in Moscow and the Moscow region.


• Russian army says will 'guarantee safety' of Wagner fighters who stop rebelling, as reported by AFP.


• Prigozhin said he has taken control of the Russian military headquarters in Rostov to ensure that airstrikes by Russia hit Ukrainians, not Wagner, as reported by BNO News.

• The chief of mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who claimed that his forces had shot down a Russian military helicopter, said that his troops were prepared to give their lives as he vowed to topple Russia's military leadership.


• Reacting to Prigozhin, Federal Security Service in a statement said that his statements and actions are in fact a call to start an armed civil conflict on the territory of the Russian Federation, as reported by AFP.


• Prigozhin had stated in a new audio message that the helicopter had opened fire at a civilian column. It was shot down by units of PMC Wagner. "A helicopter has just now opened fire at a civilian column. It has been shot down by units of PMC Wagner," Prigozhin said in a new audio message. However, he did not provide any details and the claims could not be verified.


• Following Prigozhin’s claims of entering the southern border region, Russian authorities in Rostov urged residents to stay home, as reported by AFP.