At the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, the letter ‘Z’, which became a symbol at some points in Ukraine and especially on vehicles, appeared once again in the Wagner uprising. With Wagner’s approach to Moscow, the capital of Russia, extensive security measures were taken. While the President of the Chechen Republic, Ramazan Kadyrov, who did not spare his support for Putin in the war, stepped in, what happened between the Wagner soldiers and the Chechen soldiers was one of the details that marked the day.
FROM KADYROV TO WAGNER OF “Treachery”
In his statement on his Telegram account, Kadyrov described the events as “Russia’s stabbing in the back” and “a real military rebellion”, and said, “Putin evaluated what happened in his address to the nation as an ‘armed rebellion’. I fully support every word of Putin.” had used the words.
Kadyrov stated that Wagner’s founder Yevgeny Prigojin is a “traitor” and said, “What happened is a challenge to the state and everyone should unite around the national leader (Putin) against this challenge. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Defense and the National Guard stationed in the Republic of Chechnya. “The troops are on their way to the region. We will do everything to protect the unity of Russia and the state. The rebellion must be suppressed. If it requires drastic measures, we are ready.” he said.
WAGNER UNITS DECIDED KADYROV’S SOLDIERS IN ROSTOV
While Wagner’s troops took control of Rostov, he detained pro-Russian Kadyrov’s troops sent to the city. Wagner troops stopped many vehicles and began to do identity checks.
Wagner troops, who stopped the vehicles with the letter ‘Z’, which symbolized the war launched by the Russian army against Ukraine, also searched for Kadyrov’s troops. At the same time, he checked whether there were weapons in the vehicles. At some points, the vehicles with the letter ‘Z’ were pointed at the vehicles and they were removed from the checkpoints.
WAGNER WITHDRAWAL
“Prigojin agreed to halt Wagner’s advance in Russia,” said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Following this announcement, Wagner founder Evgeny Prigojin announced that his fighters had returned to their headquarters. “We have advanced 200 kilometers without bloodshed, but now this possibility has arisen. We take responsibility. We are turning back our troops and returning to our bases,” Prigojin said in a voice message.
PRIGOJIN LEFT WITH ITS WARRIERS FROM ROSTOV-NA-DONU
Wagner’s founder, Yevgeny Prigojin, left the Russian city of Rostov-Na-Don with the fighters.
“The Wagner convoy left Rostov and headed towards the field camps,” Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev said in a statement on his Telegram channel. used the phrase.
In the images on social media, it was seen that Wagner left the building of the Russian Southern Military District Headquarters in Rostov-Na-Don and removed all his military equipment from the city.
In addition, there were images of Wagner’s founder Yevgeny Prigojin, who challenged Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, leaving Rostov-Na-Don by car.
MEASURES ARE REMOVED
In the statement made by the Russian Federal Highway Agency (Rosavtodor), it was reported that all restrictions on highways were lifted.
On the other hand, it was stated that the “anti-terrorist operation” declared due to an armed rebellion in regions close to the Ukrainian border, especially in Moscow and the Moscow region, will be lifted.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Yevgeny Prigojin, the founder of the private security company Wagner, accused the Russian army of organizing an attack on Wagner and threatened to respond, Wagner fighters left Ukraine and entered the border Rostov region.
Upon this situation, the Federal Security Service (FSB) opened a criminal case on the charge of “armed riot”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described Wagner’s rebellion as “treason”.
Prigojin announced that they would go to Moscow, and the Kremlin administration had increased security measures in many parts of the country.
It was reported that Yevgeny Prigojin accepted the proposal of the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko to reduce tensions in Russia.
Prigojin announced that they understood the responsibility of the shedding of Russian blood on one of the parties and that they would turn their convoys back and return to the field camps according to the plan.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov stated that the criminal case against Prigojin will be closed and said, “Prigojin will go to Belarus.” had used the phrase.
(UAV-AA)