Russia coup latest: Putin calls Wagner Group's armed rebellion 'treason,' vows to punish

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President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday to punish the organizers of an armed rebellion in Russia after the mercenary chief led his troops out of Ukraine and into a key southern city.

when Russia is "fighting the toughest battle for its future," Putin said, as Western governments heap sanctions on Moscow and arm Ukraine.Russia’s security services, including the Federal Security Service, or FSB, called for Prigozhin’s arrest after he declared an armed rebellion late Friday.

Prigozhin said Wagner’s forces shot down a Russian military helicopter that fired on a civilian convoy, but there was no independent confirmation of that. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova echoed Volodin’s sentiment, saying in a Telegram post that "we have one commander in chief. Not two, not three. One.″

The Wagner forces have played a crucial role in Ukraine, capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut, an area where the bloodiest and longest battles have taken place. But Prigozhin has increasingly criticized the military brass, accusing it of incompetence and of starving his troops of munitions. "Russian troops in Ukraine may well now be operating in a vacuum, without clear military instructions, and doubts about whom to obey and follow,″ Lutsevych said. "This creates a unique and unprecedented military opportunity for the Ukrainian army."

 

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