BREAKING: Apparently One Of Two Planes Used By The President Of Russia Took Off From Moscow – The Plane Allegedly Wasn’t Allowed To Enter Kazakhstan Airspace (Screenshot)

Wagner Group fighters entered the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in an apparent armed rebellion.

Further, the UK MoD said that Wagner units are heading toward Moscow on Saturday.

What happens next will largely depend on the loyalty of Russia’s security forces, the department said.

Wagner Group fighters, who are in the middle of what appears to be an armed rebellion in Russia, are almost certainly aiming to march on Moscow, the UK Department of Defense said Saturday.

Scores of Wagner fighters entered southern Russia from occupied Ukraine and claimed to have taken control of crucial security sites in the key southern city of Rostov-on-Don.

Further, Wagner units appear to be moving north through Voronezh Oblast and heading towards Moscow, according to the intelligence update from the UK defense department.

“With very limited evidence of fighting between Wagner and Russian security forces, some have likely remained passive, acquiescing to Wagner,” the department said.

The loyalty of Russia’s security forces, particularly the Russian National Guard, will be “key to how the crisis plays out,” it added.

Unverified videos have circulated on social media appearing to show Wagner fighters moving through the Voronezh region toward Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush what he called an armed mutiny after rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had taken control of a southern city as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership.

The dramatic turn, with many details unclear, looked like the biggest domestic crisis Putin has faced since he ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine — something he called a “special military operation” — in February last year.

In a televised address, Putin said that “excessive ambitions and vested interests have led to treason”, and called the mutiny a “stab in the back”.

However, the latest news that comes out of Moscow is not looking good as Putin’s presidential planes took off from Moscow!

For the first one, we have official confirmation:

BREAKING 🚨 Apparently one of two planes used by the president of Russia took off from Moscow pic.twitter.com/pltQ61uOkY

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) June 24, 2023

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This is allegedly the second presidential plane:

There are local reports that he was turned away from the Kazakhstan airspace:

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday spoke to his Belarus ally, President Alexander Lukashenko, in his first international phone call since a mutiny by Wagner mercenaries inside Russia.

“The president of Russia called the president of Belarus this morning, there was a phone conversation,” Belarusian state media reported.

“Vladimir Putin informed his Belarusian colleague about the situation in Russia.”

Lukashenko, who allowed Russian troops to use Belarusian territory as a launchpad for their Ukraine offensive, has remained Putin’s closest ally.

The Kremlin later said Putin also spoke to the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and the president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

“The president informed them about the situation (in Russia),” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

According to Kazakh media, Tokayev told Putin that events in Russia were an “internal affair,” and Putin thanked him for his “understanding” of the situation.