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Photo of the day Armed men enter Rostov-on-Don, surround Southern Military District’s headquarters

Source: Meduza
On the morning of June 24, armed men <a href="https://meduza.io/en/live/2023/06/23/yevgeny-prigozhin-s-coup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">entered</a> the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and surrounded the Southern Military District’s headquarters. While some reports allege that the men are mercenaries from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, Conflict Intelligence Team founder Ruslan Leviev <a href="https://twitter.com/RuslanLeviev/status/1672432137751134209" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">argues</a> that they are likely Russian servicemen. Prigozhin <a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/06/23/wagner-s-march-of-justice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">announced</a> plans to lead an armed campaign against the Russian Defense Ministry on June 23, prompting the FSB to open a criminal case against him on charges of “incitement to armed insurrection.” For more on this developing story, visit Meduza’s <a href="https://meduza.io/en/live/2023/06/23/yevgeny-prigozhin-s-coup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">live blog</a>.
On the morning of June 24, armed men entered the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and surrounded the Southern Military District’s headquarters. While some reports allege that the men are mercenaries from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, Conflict Intelligence Team founder Ruslan Leviev argues that they are likely Russian servicemen. Prigozhin announced plans to lead an armed campaign against the Russian Defense Ministry on June 23, prompting the FSB to open a criminal case against him on charges of “incitement to armed insurrection.” For more on this developing story, visit Meduza’s live blog.

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