On the evening of June 23, the head of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin began an armed rebellion against the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. On the night of Friday to Saturday, Wagner's mercenaries entered Rostov-on-Don and took control of military facilities. On the morning of Saturday, militants entered Voronezh. The city is burning with an oil depot, according to a shot down aircraft. The governor said that a counter -terrorist operation is being performed in the region.

“Important stories” collected data on the flights of aircraft of some representatives of the Russian “elite”. Around 14:16 Moscow time from Moscow, Il96-300PU Vladimir Putin flew towards St. Petersburg. The board disappeared from the radar near Tver. It installed equipment for managing the army. The second presidential board Tu-214Pa flew from Moscow to St. Petersburg at 14:44 Moscow time. It also has equipment in case of war. He disappeared from the radar over Gatchina.

The mercenaries of the Wagner PMC took control of the military facilities in Rostov-on-Don, including the airfield, said Evgeny Prigozhin, PMC owner. He made his statement from the headquarters of the Southern Military District, controlled by the Wagnerians. Prigozhin emphasized that his fighters do not interfere with the work of headquarters officers, and also do not interfere with the work of military aircraft.

Vladimir Putin called the actions of the mercenaries of the PMC Wagner as a rebellion, betrayal, treason, a blow to the back to the country and people. You can see his appeal here . “As the President of Russia and how the Supreme Commander will do everything to defend the country, to protect the constitutional system,” the politician said, adding that the security forces received appropriate instructions.

Special board IL96-300P (control point) with the RSD697 number of President Vladimir Putin flew from Moscow towards St. Petersburg at 14:16 Moscow time, according to Flightradar data. Board Route Il96-300P President Vladimir Putin Flightradar The destination point is not indicated, at 14:40 a plane, when it was west of Tver, about 150 km from Valdai, disappeared from the tracking system. In the Tver region, there is one of Putin's residences.

The Prigozhin mutiny, despite its half-heartedness and unpreparedness, is a severe blow to Putin’s reputation. Kremlin trolls insist that tomorrow everything will be ok. Alas for them - it won’t be! The most prepared armed formation got out of control (which we have all been waiting for a long time). The Kremlin thieves have even gotten to the bandits.

The Kremlin tried to come to an agreement with the owner of the illegal Wagner formation, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a source close to the presidential administration told Important Stories. “They called him from the AP (not Putin) and offered to back him up, and explain all his messages as hacking and voice falsification,” he said.

who wished to take part in the armed rebellion were ordered to wait for the signal in full combat readiness, one of the militants who participated in the invasion of Ukraine told Important Stories. Veterans of the Wagner PMC “We are waiting for an official order from my father [Evgeniy Prigozhin]. The Russian Guard and the army refuse to carry out orders, and we were ordered to wait in full combat readiness. There should be an order for further action by lunchtime,” he said.

The owner of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin announced the return of his mercenaries to the field camps. “We went on June 23 on the“ march of justice ”. We went through a day without reaching 200 km to Moscow. Now the moment has come when the blood can spill. Understanding all responsibility for the fact that Russian blood will be spilled on one of the sides, we unfold our columns and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan, ”Prigozhin said in an audio message.

"There is a feeling that people seem to be at a low start to start truly afraid" Nikita (name changed), video operator, Rostov-on-Don Last night after the statement of Prigozhin it became alarming, then the pictures in local publics with military equipment on the streets went - as I understand it, it was still a regular army and the Russian Guard. I woke up at 9 am, saw the news that Wagner was already in the city.

The security forces began to take secret documents from Moscow, a former special services employee told “important stories” with reference to existing colleagues. “Law enforcement agencies in Moscow this morning began to evacuate secret documents and business cases,” he said. According to him, this means that the authorities are preparing for the entry of the Wagner PMC to Moscow.

The source of “important stories”, close to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said that President Putin wants to avoid clashes with the Wagner PMC in Moscow and sets the security forces the task of eliminating the head of the mercenaries of Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to our interlocutor, the RF Armed Forces do not have serious forces that could block Prigozhin to the passage to Moscow.

Mass raids by operatives and FSB officers are taking place in several Russian cities at once in search of former and current fighters of the illegal group PMC Wagner. Relatives of the Wagnerites told Important Stories about this. According to them, security forces come home with weapons, look for men at home and warn their families about sentences for “treason” if they join the rebellion declared by the owner of the PMC.

The criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped, he will “go” to Belarus, Dmitry Peskov said . The press secretary of the Russian President does not know what Prigozhin will do in Belarus. The authorities will not pursue the fighters of the Wagner PMC who participated in the mutiny, “taking into account their front-line services.” Personnel changes in the Ministry of Defense were not discussed during the “contacts” regarding the mutiny, Peskov added.