Wagner Fighters Seen In Key Russian City After Call For 'Rebellion'

Armed men alongside an armored vehicle in the center of Rostov-on-Don. The photo was made on the morning of June 24, near Russia's southern military district headquarters. 

A tank with distinctive red markings on a main road in Rostov-on-Don. 

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, announced early on June 24 that his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukrainian territory and entered Rostov-on-Don, around 100 kilometers from the border. 



 

Men reportedly with the Wagner group take up positions behind a civilian car. 

Russia’s Federal Security Service announced a criminal case against Prigozhin for “incitement to armed rebellion” after he vowed to lead a “march of justice” against top officials in Russia’s Defense Ministry.

Armed men gather behind a vehicle. At bottom left of the image, a crowbar can be seen. 

A video grab purporting to show Prigozhin inside the headquarters of the Russian southern military district on June 24. 

Prigozhin claimed on June 23 that a Wagner camp in Ukraine had been hit “from the rear” by a missile and accused the Russian military of carrying out the strike.

A man reportedly belonging to Wagner gestures to a photographer on the morning of June 24. 

Russia’s Defense Ministry called the "strike" claim a provocation, and some pro-Kremlin figures claimed the video showing the alleged aftermath was staged. 

Armed men in the Rostov-on-Don city center. 

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on June 24 called for “anti-terrorist measures” to be rolled out in the Russian capital. 

An image made before dawn on June 24 showing civilians in Rostov-on-Don gathered around an armored vehicle marked with the letter Z associated with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

A Wagner fighter seen in front of armored vehicles reportedly belonging to the Russian military in Rostov-on-Don. 

A woman speaks to an armed man in Rostov-on-Don after exiting a bus.