The mayor of Moscow announced that he granted free time to city workers on Monday “to minimize the risks” associated with the “anti-terrorist” operation taking place in the city due to the rebellion of the Wagner Group.
On Telegram, Sergei Sobyanin announces that he decided to “declare a tolerance point for Monday, with the exception of government institutions and enterprises in continuous work, the military-industrial complex and city services.”
City services are “on high alert” and the mayor also asks residents to refrain “as much as possible from driving around the city”, admitting traffic blockades “in certain blocks and on certain roads”.
The head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, today claimed the occupation of Rostov, a key city in southern Russia for the war in Ukraine, and called for a rebellion against the Russian military command, which he accused of attacking its fighters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the paramilitary group’s action a rebellion, saying it was a “deadly threat” to the Russian state and treason, guaranteeing a “civil war” would not ensue.
Prigozhin had earlier accused the Russian army of attacking his mercenary camps, causing “a large number of casualties”, accusations denied by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Source: TSF
