Wagner forces ‘leaving’ Voronezh region
Russia confident in Ukraine plans: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told state television he was in constant contact with the defence ministry and that the country remained confident in realising its plans related to the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
The comments in an interview with Kremlin correspondent Pavel Zarubin were broadcast by Rossiya state television. The full interview was due to be broadcast later on Sunday.This is how Russian TV covered Wagner’s advance
Russia’s state media aired special news bulletins to announce a ‘counter-terrorist operation’ aimed at halting mutinous Wagner mercenaries advancing towards Moscow.
TV anchors cited President Vladimir Putin’s description of events as a battle for Russian ‘sovereignty’.
North Korea backs Russia in dealing with mutiny: State media
North Korea says it fully supports Russia in dealing with the recent mutiny, state media reported.
At a meeting with the Russian ambassador to Pyongyang Alexander Matsegora, North Korea’s vice foreign minister Im Chon Il “expressed firm belief that the recent armed rebellion in Russia would be successfully put down”, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
It is the latest message of support from Pyongyang to Moscow since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, which it has described as a US “proxy war” to destroy Russia.Russian diplomat flies to Beijing as Putin faces heat at home
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko has flown to Beijing for talks with China on “international” issues.
Rudenko on Sunday exchanged views with China’s foreign minister Qin Gang in a meeting in the Chinese capital on Sunday on Sino-Russian relations as well as “international and regional issues of common concern”, China’s foreign ministry said in a one-line statement on its website.
It was unclear when Rudenko arrived in Beijing, or whether his visit to China, a key ally of Russia, was in response to the apparent rebellion by heavily armed mercenaries on Friday.
Chechen special forces withdraw from Russia’s Rostov region: TASS
Chechen special forces deployed to Russia’s Rostov region to resist an advance by the Wagner mercenary group are withdrawing, the TASS news agency has reported, citing a commander.
The Akhmat special forces are returning to where they were fighting previously, commander Apty Alaudinov was quoted as saying by the news agency.Wagner forces leaving Russia’s southern Voronezh region: Governor
Wagner fighters are leaving Russia’s southern Voronezh region, according to the local governor, after the group halted a dramatic rebellion against Kremlin.
“The movement of Wagner units through the Voronezh region is ending,” Voronezh governor Alexander Gusev said.
“It is running normally and without incidents,” Gusev added, saying travel restrictions imposed during Saturday’s operation against the mutiny will be lifted once “the situation is finally resolved”.Wagner forces leaving Russia’s southern Voronezh region: Governor
Wagner fighters are leaving Russia’s southern Voronezh region, according to the local governor, after the group halted a dramatic rebellion against Kremlin.
“The movement of Wagner units through the Voronezh region is ending,” Voronezh governor Alexander Gusev said.
“It is running normally and without incidents,” Gusev added, saying travel restrictions imposed during Saturday’s operation against the mutiny will be lifted once “the situation is finally resolved”.All restrictions on Russian highways lifted: TASS
All restrictions previously imposed on highways in Russia have been lifted, the TASS news agency has said, citing the Federal Road Agency.
Heavily armed Russian mercenaries who advanced most of the way to Moscow began turning their backs on Saturday, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power, in a move their leader said would avoid bloodshed.Russia’s Rostov-on-Don calm after Prigozhin leaves
The situation around the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District was calm and street traffic resumed, according to the RIA Novosti state news agency, after Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries left the city.
In a video on the agency’s Telegram messaging app, which it said was taken in the city of Rostov-on-Don, a man was sweeping a street and cars were moving along another street.
The report could not be independently verified.
