Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush an uprising led by the warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, describing the armed mutiny moving through cities in southern Russia as a treasonous “stab in the back”.
Facing the first coup attempt in Russia for three decades, the president said he had given “necessary orders” to tackle the Wagner paramilitary group with “decisive measures” to retake the city of Rostov.
Putin’s speech on Saturday morning came hours after Prigozhin claimed to have “blockaded” the southern Russian city, as armed, masked men with tanks and armoured vehicles surrounded government buildings.
您已阅读11%（596字），剩余89%（4749字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。