Putin made the wrong choice. All the worse for him. Soon we will have a new president’: Prigozhin’s Wagner group says Russian leader will be overthrown as mercenaries say it shot down Russian military helicopters
- Footage shows plumes of black smoke rising after a helicopter was attacked
- Russian troops appeared to confirm that three of his attack helicopters had been shot down
Prigozhin’s Wagner group has reportedly said that the Russian leadership will be overthrown and that “we will soon have a new president.”
It comes because the Wagner group claimed to have shot down three Russian helicopters since the coup began – while continuing their vow to punish military leaders.
Shocking footage shows huge plumes of black smoke rising into the air in a field after a supposed helicopter target caught fire.
Russian troops appeared to confirm that three of their attack helicopters had been shot down by Wagner.
A sinister message posted on Saturday on the Wagner Telegram channel read: “Putin made the wrong choice. All the worse for him.
“Soon we will have a new president.”
Founder of the private mercenary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin (center) and fighters of Russia’s Wagner Group are seen at the headquarters of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces in Rostov-on-Don
A sinister message posted on Saturday on the Wagner Telegram channel read: “Putin made the wrong choice. All the worse for him. Soon we will have a new president’
The Wagner group claims to have shot down three Russian helicopters since the coup began
Russian President Vladimir Putin today labeled Prigozhin’s military coup a “treason” as he addressed the Russian people and said the military leader “stabbed him in the back”
It comes as an irate Prigozhin declared on Friday that his 25,000-strong force is marching into Rostov-on-Don and has “no opposition.”
Prigozhin made the move out of anger at what he said was Moscow’s attack on his men, adding that he intends to march on Moscow to face defense chiefs.
Other video footage that appeared online today appeared to show a large oil depot engulfed in flames in Voronezh.
Videos show a helicopter flying over the depot before a massive explosion sends a ball of fire into the sky.
Russian President Vladimir Putin today branded Prigozhin’s military coup as “treason” when he addressed the Russian people and said the military leader “stabbed him in the back.”
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video released in the early hours of Saturday that his forces have reached the strategically important city of Rostov-on-Don.
Prigozhin and his feared 25,000-strong Wagner militia are reportedly in control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. of his men.
All public events in the Russian capital have been canceled as Vladimir Putin said on TV that some Russians have been “lured into a criminal adventure” in an attempt to reassert his shaky grip on power.
Putin described the group’s actions as a “criminal adventurous campaign” that is “equivalent to armed mutiny,” and urged those involved to cease any armed action, as the unit’s headquarters in St. have been raided.