Mercenaries with Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group claimed to have taken control of a southern Russian military hub "without firing a shot" Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his nation Saturday morning, promising severe consequences for the "armed uprising." Prigozhin, a formerly loyal warlord, is now threatening to march on Moscow, posing one of the gravest threats to Putin’s nearly 25-year rule.
Members of Wagner Group sit on the sidewalk as they patrol the center of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images In this photo taken from video, a woman poses for a photo at a Russian armored vehicle, with writing reading "Siberia," parked in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. | AP Photo Members of Wagner Group detain a man in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images People walk past an armoured personnel carrier in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images A man takes down the poster with writing reading "Join us at Wagner" above a highway on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 24, 2023. | AP Photo Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on monitors as he addresses the nation after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, called for armed rebellion and reached the southern city of Rostov-on-Don with his troops, in Moscow, Russia on June 24, 2023. | Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo Members of Wagner Group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images Members of Wagner Group stand on the balcony of the circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images Russian servicemen guard an area in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. | Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant Publishing House via AP Photo A young boy hugs a member of Wagner Group in Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. | AFP/Getty Images A woman poses for a photo with a member of Wagner Group in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don. | AFP/Getty Images A local resident holds his dog as he speaks with a member of Wagner Group in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don. | AFP/Getty Images A woman shows her mobile phone as she speaks with a member of the Wagner Group in the city of Rostov-on-Don. | AFP/Getty Images
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