Everything you need to know about the Wagner Group and it's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
In the early hours of June 24, 2023, he announced he had taken control of the Russian army HQ in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, vowing to take the fight toIn a series of videos and audio clips posted online, Prigozhin said: "We will destroy anyone who stands in our way...we are moving forward and will go until the end."Why is the Wagner group in Rostov-on-Don?
Prigozhin said he was inside Russian army headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and that his forces would march on the streets.A Russian security source also claimed that Wagner fighters had taken control of all military facilities in the city of Voronezh, around 310 miles south of Moscow.
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