The mayor of MoscowSergei Sobyanin, described today as “difficult” the situation around the capital due to the armed rebellion of the mercenaries of the wagner groupwhich are approaching the city in columns, and he decreed Monday the next non-working day.
“Dear citizens, a regime of anti-terrorist operations has been declared in Moscow. The situation is difficult.” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
He explained that, “to minimize risks” has decided “declare Monday a non-working day, with the exception of the authorities and companies of continuous cycle, the military-industrial complex and the city services”.
“Municipal services are on high alert”stressed the councilor.
Sobyanin asked Muscovites not to travel through the city unless absolutely necessary, as traffic may have been blocked on certain roads.
In fact, the Russian authorities have deployed policemen armed with machine guns at the entrance of the M4 Don highway to Moscow to stop the mercenaries, according to the daily Védomosti.
The Ministry of Public Health sent ambulances and emergency services to the area, while Russian media circulate photographs of the erection of various obstacles on the highway to prevent a possible penetration of mercenaries, from blocking the roads with Kamaz trucks to tractors. who dig trenches.
The columns of Wagner’s fighters are advancing through the territory of the Lipetsk region, 340 kilometers south of Moscow, according to the local governor, Igor Artamonov.
Source: EFE
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