Wagner chief vows to ‘go to the end’ to oust Moscow top brass, says forces rebelling

The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner vowed Saturday to take all necessary steps to topple the country’s military leadership in Moscow, saying his forces would “destroy everything” in their way.

“We are going onwards and we will go to the end,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a new audio message after vowing to sideline Russia’s military leadership. He said his forces had entered the southern Russian region of Rostov but did not provide any proof and AFP could not independently verify his claims.

There was also no confirmation of that yet on Russian social networks. Videos showed heavy trucks blocking highways leading to the city, long convoys of National Guard trucks were seen on a road outside Rostov and armored vehicles were roaming the streets. READ MORE