Wagner’s leaderYevgeni Prigozhin, announced this Saturday (Friday in Ecuador) that his group crossed the Russian border and “enter” the city of Rostov, in the south of the country.

“Now we enter Rostov. The Ministry of Defense divisions, or rather, the conscripts, who were thrown to block our way, stepped asidePrigozhin has published in an audio on his Telegram account collected by the news portal jellyfish.

He added that “we don’t kill children, children are killed by (Defense Minister Sergei) Shoigu, launching untrained soldiers, including conscripts, into war. We only fight with professionals”.

“If anyone gets in our way, we’ll destroy them all.”, Prigozhin settled.

It all started this Friday when the mercenary organization denounced on its Telegram channel that they “a rocket attack on Wagner’s training groundand that he had left “many victims.” “The coup was carried out (…) by soldiers of the Russian Ministry of Defense,” the report emphasizes.

Europe Press details that the Wagner Group has warned that it has up to 25,000 paramilitaries in its ranks and that they are going to “find out why this chaos is happening”, which they assure is “true”. “Anyone who wants to can participate. We must put an end to this disgrace,” the organization said, adding that it is necessary to “stop evil” within the Russian military leadership.

In addition, Wagner has promised to “stop” the defense minister Sergei Shoigu, whom he accuses of fleeing to Rostov to launch an armed attack against the paramilitary group from there. “This is not a military coup. This is a march for justice,” he settled.

Later, the General of the Russian Armed Forces, Sergei Surovikin, called on Wagner’s paramilitaries not to heed Prigozhin’s provocations, which would encourage some sort of military coup.

“The allegations on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin are baseless. In connection with these statements, the Russian Federal Security Service has opened a criminal case for inciting an armed insurrection,” the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported, according to the TASS news agency.

The Russian Penal Code punishes armed insurrection with prison terms of between 12 and 20 years, which aims “overthrow or forcibly alter the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, violating territorial integrityfrom Moscow.

Criminal case against Prigozhin

The press secretary of Russian leader Vladimir Putin has reported that the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Igor Krasnov, has submitted a report to Putin in the context of launching a criminal case against Prigozhin for attempting to armed insurrection and explained to him the legality of lawsuits

Following Wagner’s leader’s threats of a possible military coup against Moscow, several local media outlets released images showing military vehicles are displayed in Rostov city center where Shoigu is apparently basedAlthough this information is not official at this time, the newspaper has collected The Moscow Times.

A correspondent of the TASS news agency has reported that vehicular traffic is currently blocked on the M-4 highway towards the town of Aksai north of Rostov.

Traffic flow is returning to the city and there is a notable increase in police posts, the same correspondent explains.

Several Telegram channels post that too Russia has deployed its troops and that border controls with the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have been tightened, as reported by the news portal jellyfish.

Also, Russian security forces have started blocking and blocking streets in Rostov, where the military presence is apparently being strengthened, and a plan called ‘Fortaleza’ is said to be carried out, although the information is confusing at this point.

The White House is aware of the situation

The White House has reported that it is “monitoring the situation” in Russia following Prigozhin’s threats to Russia’s military leaders, including Secretary Shoigu, and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.

President Joe Biden has also been briefed on the development of the situation in Russia, as explained by National Security Council spokesman Adam Hodge and collected by the CNN.

“We are monitoring the situation and will consult with allies and partners on these developments,” Hodge said in a statement.