Putin accuses Wagner chief of treason and vows to ‘neutralise’ uprising
by Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth from World news | The Guardian on (#6CEBP)
Russian president gives televised address as Yevgeny Prigozhin claims to have taken over city of Rostov
The Russian president has accused Yevgeny Prigozhin of treason" after the warlord launched an uprising against Russia's army, taking over at least one major Russian city as social media footage showed his mercenaries at the main headquarters of Russia's southern military command.
In an emergency televised address on Saturday morning, Vladimir Putin said the fate of our people is being decided", accusing the Wagner group headed by Prigozhin of armed mutiny" and vowing to neutralise" the uprising.
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