been confirmed by bbc verify. the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, posted a video said to be from this morning in which he appears outside the city s military headquarters, saying he s also taken control of the local airfield. and in another video, he appears arguing with two officials, one, the deputy defence minister. he demands to see the heads of the russian military with whom he s been engaging in a bitter public feud, claiming they are responsible for the death of many of his men in ukraine. translation: the guys are dying because you re pushing them into a meat grinder without munitions, without any thoughts, without any plan. you are just ageing clowns. once again, we came here and we want to see the chief of staff and the russian defence minister. until they come here, we will stay. we will block the city of rostov and go towards moscow.
in the nearby city of lipetsk. the governor has confirmed wagner troops are in the region, and ordered everyone in the city to remain indoors for their own safety. these are some of the latest pictures that we have received. bbc verify have been able to locate this as in voronezh. in the distance you see a military helicopter flying over an urban area and a blast to the right of the shot which we believe to be an oil depot in the area. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. a mutiny, perhaps even the start of a civil war. mercenaries belonging to the wagner group, who d been fighting for russia in ukraine, now appear to have seized control of the russian city of rostov on don. residents have been told to stay indoors. one took these pictures which have been confirmed by bbc verify. the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, posted a video said to be from this morning, in which he appears outside the city s military headquarters, saying he s also taken control of the lo
been mentioning a lot of cities so i thought it would be a good idea to show you exactly where they are. here we have a map of ukraine and you can see kyiv marked and we have russia with moscow and down here is crimea. want to draw this attention to this red area. this is the area we think is under russian military control and until yesterday, that could have included the wagner operation as well, because they have been fighting with the russian forces in this area with the ukraine counteroffensive that has been going on. the other city we have mentioned a lot today is rostov on don which has about 100 kilometres from the border with ukraine. what we think has happened is that the wagner mercenary group have moved into rostov on don. they say they have taken control of it. it is a key city. the reason, it is the headquarters of the russian at southern military command. it is also used by the army. it is a bit of a staging post for things like fuel and ammunition and also a
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voronzeh is a key city on route to moscow, just eight hours from the capital, where security has been tightened. armoured vehicles have been seen on the streets. there have also been sightings of wagner mercenary troops in the nearby city of lipetsk. the governor has confirmed wagner troops are in the region, and ordered everyone in the city to remain indoors for their own safety. these are some of the latest pictures that we have received. bbc verify have been able to locate this as in voronezh. in the distance you see a military helicopter flying over an urban area and a blast to the right of the shot which we believe to be an oil depot in the area. our security correspondent gordon corera has this round up of the latest. a mutiny, perhaps even the start of a civil war. mercenaries belonging to the wagner group who d been fighting for russia in ukraine now appear to have seized control of the russian