Right now, the senior Russian general is urging Wagner’s mercenaries to obey Putin and return to their bases – all while tightly clutching his GUN throughout the video
This is the chilling moment a senior Russian general told Wagner’s mercenaries to obey Putin and return to their bases – while tightly clutching his gun.
Sergei Surovikin, described as the “most pro-Wagner” general, urged the group not to obey orders from Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin against the president.
In a video posted to Twitter, he said: “I address the command, the officers and fighters of Wagner PMC.” Together we have come a long and difficult road.
“We fought with you. We risked it. We have suffered casualties. We have won victories together. We are of the same blood.
“You must do this before it is too late: obey the will and command of the President-elect of the Russian Federation.”
Meanwhile, Surovikin sat and clutched his gun, which he gripped tightly in his right hand.
Prigozhin declared Friday that his 25,000-strong force was marching into Rostov-on-Don “without resistance.”
Senior Russian General Sergei Surovikin (pictured) urged Wagner’s mercenaries to obey Putin and return to their bases – while tightly clutching his gun
In a video posted to Twitter, he said: “You must do this before it’s too late: obey the will and command of the President-elect of the Russian Federation.”
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video released early Saturday morning that his troops had reached the strategically important city of Rostov-on-Don
Prigozhin made the move out of anger at Moscow’s alleged attack on his men, adding that he intends to march to Moscow to confront the defense chiefs.
In the video, Surovikin continued: “Stop the convoys, return to the bases and places where you are stationed.”
He said: “The enemy is just waiting for our internal political situation to come to a head.”
“Don’t play into the enemy’s hands at this difficult time for the country!”
Addressing the Russian people today, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Prigozhin’s military coup a “treason” and said the military leader “stabbed him in the back”.
Prigozhin and his feared 25,000-strong Wagner militia have reportedly seized control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and have said they are “ready to die” as they swear vengeance for a military strike by Putin’s forces that has reportedly killed the mercenary leader killed some of his men.
All public events in the Russian capital were canceled as Vladimir Putin said on television some Russians had been “embroiled in a criminal adventure” to confirm his shaky position of power.
Putin described the group’s actions as a “criminal adventurous campaign” that was “tantamount to an armed mutiny” and urged those involved to halt all armed action as the unit’s headquarters in St. Petersburg was reportedly raided today.