Wagner Group rebellion

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Wagner Group rebellion
Part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Situation in Western Russia.svg
  Reported movements of PMC Wagner during the rebellion
[note 1]
Date23–24 June 2023 (2023-06-23 – 2023-06-24) (1 day)
Location
Russia
Status Wagner forces halt the advance on 24 June, and begin withdrawing at 11:00 p.m. (GMT+3).[3][4]
Belligerents

Government of Russia

Commanders and leaders
Strength
25,000 (according to Prigozhin)[5] Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 UAZ technical destroyed[6] 12 dead; five helicopters and 1 transport plane shot down;[note 2] one Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopter damaged; 1 MRAP and IMV captured.[6]

On 23 June 2023, the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary group, rebelled against the Russian military. The mutiny occurred following increasing tensions between the Russian Ministry of Defence and Wagner's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.[10]

Prigozhin described the rebellion as revenge for what he said was an attack on his forces by the ministry.[11][12] He dismissed the government's justification for the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[13] blamed the defence minister Sergei Shoigu for the country's military failures,[14] and accused him of conducting the war for the benefit of Russian elites.[15][16] In response, the Federal Security Service (FSB) opened a criminal case against Prigozhin for "inciting an armed revolt".[12][17] In a televised address on 24 June, Putin called Wagner's actions treason and vowed to suppress the rebellion.[12][18]

Prigozhin's forces claimed to have taken Rostov-on-Don,[19] a critical logistical hub, with key military headquarters like the Southern Military District,[20] and advanced towards Voronezh, and then Lipetsk, intending to reach the capital Moscow.[21] After brokering a deal with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko,[22] Prigozhin agreed to stand down,[23] and as of 11:00 p.m.[clarification needed] (UTC+3) began to withdraw from Rostov-on-Don.[24]

Background[edit]

Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group[edit]

Further information: Wagner Group
Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2010

Yevgeny Prigozhin formerly served as a personal confidant of Putin, according to multiple media reports.[25] He rose to celebrity status initially as a business magnate in Saint Petersburg known for a series of popular restaurants. This led to a growing financial relationship with Putin given the latter's role as a city politician.[26]

In 2014, Prigozhin founded the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, and during the next several years he facilitated armed campaigns in areas such as inside the Donbas.[27] Though, technically, private military companies are illegal per Russian law, Wagner was allowed to operate unimpeded by the Russian government.[25] As a tool of Russian foreign and military policy, the Wagner Group became a formidable fighting force in Africa (engaging in warfare during the Mali War, in Libya, and in the Central African Republic) and in the Middle East, where the Wagner Group played a prominent role during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.[28][29] Wagner became notorious for its brutality and war crimes in Africa, the Middle East, and Ukraine, committing atrocities with impunity.[29][30][31] The Wagner Group had close ties to several African governments and fought anti-government rebels alongside local forces.[32][33]

Invasion of Ukraine and Wagner–Ministry of Defense feud[edit]

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the two most prominent targets of Prigozhin's rhetoric

The Wagner Group developed particularly tense relations with the regular Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[34][35]

In the first months of the invasion, the Russian Ground Forces suffered significant losses, but Putin delayed the announcement of mobilization for a long time. Under such conditions, the authorities actively recruited mercenaries to participate in hostilities, and the influence and power of Prigozhin and the Wagner Group rose. Prigozhin received significant resources, including his own aviation, and, beginning in summer 2022, the right to recruit inmates from Russian prisons into Wagner.[36] Western intelligence estimated that, as a result of prison recruitment, the number of Wagner members grew from "several thousand" fighters around 2017–2018 to about 50,000 fighters in December 2022, the vast majority of them being convict recruits.[36]

Despite it being given increasingly larger supplies of resources by the government, the Wagner Group and its financial administration received no legal authority under the nation's laws; Prigozhin was neither appointed nor elected, which meant that he technically had no authority above him to answer to.[37] In addition, Prigozhin reversed his attitude towards his previously secluded personal life and experienced international fame.[38] Prigozhin played a personal role in the operation of Wagner, often seen reporting about the news from the frontline wearing military fatigues. Wagner was seen as turning into a private army of Prigozhin, operating outside Russian legislation and outside the country's military hierarchy. The Ministry of Defence and the General Staff were unhappy with this situation and began trying to limit Prigozhin's growing influence.[37] In early February 2023, Prigozhin stated that Wagner had stopped recruiting prisoners,[39] which the British Defense Ministry interpreted as Wagner being "banned" from recruiting more prisoners by the Russian government. It also assessed that the change would worsen the group's ability to fight.[40]

In turn, Prigozhin often accused Russia's military leadership of failing to uphold Russia's interests. On 1 October 2022, amid Ukraine's Kharkiv counteroffensive which pushed Russia out of the vast majority of the region, Prigozhin lashed out at the Russian command, saying that "All these bastards ought to be sent to the front barefoot with just a submachine gun."[41] The Washington Post reported that due to his rising influence, Prigozhin was one of the few people who dared to tell Putin about the "mistakes" of Russian military commanders in the war in Ukraine.[42][43] Prigozhin's criticism primarily targeted the Ministry of Defense, characterizing its officials as corrupt.[44][45] However, Prigozhin also criticized other parts of the Russian elite for inaction,[46] including the Russian parliament and Russian oligarchs, the latter of which he has accused of trying to "steal everything that belongs to the people" during the war.[47] Prigozhin compared this "split in society" to the one preceding the 1917 Russian Revolution and warned of "soldiers and their loved ones" rising up against such injustice.[48] The Institute for the Study of War has said that Prigozhin's statements increased his influence in the ultranationalist Russian milblogger community.[49]

During the grueling battle of Bakhmut, tensions between the Wagner Group and the Ministry of Defence "likely reached a boiling point".[49] Prigozhin repeatedly complained about receiving insufficient ammunition from the Kremlin, threatening to withdraw his forces if his demands were not met and blaming Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the Russian armed forces Gen. Valery Gerasimov in particular for causing "tens of thousands" of Wagner casualties."[50] The U.S. has estimated that almost half of the 20,000 Russia troops killed in Ukraine from December 2022 through June 2023 were Wagner fighters who died in Bakhmut.[29] After the Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut in late May 2023, Wagner began its withdrawal from the city to be replaced by regular Russian troops.[51] During this period, heavy internal squabbles between Wagner and the Russian army continued,[52][53] with Prigozhin claiming that regular Russian military forces attempted to attack his withdrawing forces on 3 June[54][55] and 5 June.[56][57]

On 27 May 2023, Igor Girkin accused Prigozhin of plotting to use the Wagner Group to stage a coup within Russia and that Prigozhin was actively violating Russian 2022 war censorship laws by complaining about the Russian high command, and that his forces were practically in an active state of mutiny.[58] Prigozhin denied the accusations, saying that Wagner did not have a large enough army to stage a coup.[59]

In mid-June 2023, the MoD ordered the Wagner Group to sign contracts with it before July 1, which would effectively incorporate Wagner as a subordinate into the regular Russian command structure and reduce Prigozhin's influence. Prigozhin refused to sign the deal, citing Shoigu's alleged incompetence.[60][61]

Prigozhin's announcement of military action[edit]

In a video released on 23 June 2023, Prigozhin said that Russian government justifications for the Russian invasion of Ukraine were based on lies. According to Prigozhin, Russia's war in Ukraine was intended to benefit Russian elites.[62] He accused the Ministry of Defence under Shoigu of "trying to deceive society and the president and tell us how there was crazy aggression from Ukraine and that they were planning to attack us with the whole of NATO."[63] Prigozhin stated that Shoigu and the "oligarchic clan" needed the war for their own interests.[64] He said the Russian military command was deliberately concealing the number of soldiers killed in Ukraine, stating that Russian casualties, including those killed, missing and wounded, reached 1,000 on some days.[65]

A video was circulated in Wagner-associated Telegram channels, which—according to Prigozhin—had been recorded at a Wagner camp that had been attacked by a missile.[66][note 3] Prigozhin announced the beginning of an armed conflict with the Ministry of Defence in a message posted in the Telegram channel of his press service. He urged anyone who wanted to join the conflict against the Ministry to do so; accused Shoigu of using artillery and helicopters to destroy Wagner, and alleged that Shoigu had "cowardly fled from Rostov-on-Don at nine in the evening".[68]

The Ministry of Defence denied accusations of attacking the rear camps of Wagner.[69] After that, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation reported that a case had been initiated against Prigozhin under Article 279 of the Criminal Code (armed rebellion).[70] Generals Sergey Surovikin and Vladimir Alekseev appealed to the Wagner fighters, urging them to "stop".[71] The state-run Channel One Russia announced an "emergency newscast", in which host Ekaterina Andreeva said that Prigozhin's statements regarding alleged attacks by regular military forces on Wagner positions were fake and that President Putin had been informed of the ongoing situation.[72] In response to Prigozhin's statements, the country's military and the National Guard of Russia deployed armored vehicles in both Moscow and Rostov-on-Don.[73][note 4]

Rebellion[edit]

Takeover of Rostov-on-Don[edit]

During the night from 23 to 24 June, an audio recording was released on behalf of Prigozhin, who stated that Wagner was entering Rostov-on-Don and called on regular military forces not to oppose his army.[75] In another audio recording, he said that the head of the General Staff had ordered the Air Force to open fire on Wagner columns moving among civilian vehicles, accusing the General Staff of disregarding lives of innocent people, "just as they have been killing their own population for a year and half instead of fighting the enemy". He also stated that some pilots refused to carry out the General Staff's orders, and thanked them.[76] The Guardian commented that Wagner's claims to exert control over Rostov "cannot be independently verified and Prigozhin has a history of making outlandish and inaccurate statements", but reported that the situation in the region was clearly tumultuous.[20]

Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov described the ongoing situation as an "attempted mutiny", and stated that Russia's military agencies were day and night reporting on Putin's orders to him about the recent events.[77] Amid Prigozhin's statements, Russia blocked Google News.[78]

Wagner forces claimed to have taken control of military buildings in Rostov-on-Don, with The New York Times reporting verified footage of Prigozhin in the courtyard of the Southern Military District headquarters building.[1][79] Unconfirmed footage allegedly showed clashes occurring in the city between Wagner and the military.[80]

Kadyrovites were reportedly sent to Rostov,[81] where they either refused to enter the city or peacefully surrendered themselves to Wagner forces.[82] The authorities of the Rostov region asked residents not to leave their homes; however, there were reports that the city center was crowded.[83] Shops in Rostov-on-Don reduced their opening hours and there had been queues at gas stations.[84]

Advance towards Moscow[edit]

Prigozhin met with Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov in Rostov-on-Don. Yevkurov failed to convince Prigozhin to withdraw his troops.[85]

After capturing Rostov, Wagner fighters began to advance toward Moscow (a distance of 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) from Rostov); by June 24, Wagner fighters had driven past Voronezh, more than halfway to the capital.[86][clarification needed] The same day, Wagner advanced through Lipetsk Oblast, approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) from Moscow.[87][88] In an audio message, Prigozhin stated that Wagner fighters shot down a military helicopter that opened fire on a convoy.[76]

Prigozhin was charged with organizing an armed uprising after he threatened to attack Russian forces in answer to an air strike on his paramilitary soldiers. Security forces accused him of launching a coup attempt as he pledged a "march of justice" against the army. Prigozhin posted a voice memo stating that Wagner had left Ukraine and was advancing on Rostov-on-Don. Senior generals urged Wagner's fighters to withdraw. Meanwhile, the FSB said it had filed criminal charges against Prigozhin and moved to arrest him.[89][clarification needed]

A convoy of Wagner personnel advancing in the direction of the capital came under attack from Russian helicopters.[86] The governors of Lipetsk Oblast and Voronezh Oblast urged all civilians to stay indoors, following reports of military columns and clashes along the M4 highway.[90][91][92] Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, announced that anti-terrorist measures [ru] were being implemented in the capital.[93] The Lipetsk Oblast has since lifted restrictions.[94] Prigozhin met with Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov at the Southern Military District's headquarters in Rostov-on-Don. Yevkurov tried and failed to convince Prigozhin to withdraw his troops. Prigozhin told Yevkurov that "People are dying [in Ukraine] because you're throwing them into the meat grinder. Without ammunition, without any thoughts, without any plans."[85]

Social media posts showed footage of fighting between Wagner troops and the military in Voronezh,[note 5] with Reuters citing military reports.[95][96][97] According to media reports, Wagner group took control of all military facilities in the city.[98][99][86] A few hours later, the BBC verified that Wagner personnel were spotted advancing through the Lipetsk Oblast, between Voronezh and Moscow.[100] Reuters reported that outside Voronezh, Wagner forces were attacked by a helicopter.[86][101] Der Spiegel reported that all flights out of Moscow were sold out as people attempted to flee the oncoming column.[102]

British newspaper The Independent reported broadly that "armed rebellion is marching towards Moscow". According to the airplane-tracking website Flightradar24, an airplane used by Putin departed Moscow and flew towards St. Petersburg. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin was not on board,[103] and remained in the Kremlin.[104] Authorities also announced travel restrictions in Kaluga Oblast, which neighbors Moscow, with Governor Vladislav Shapsha telling residents to "refrain from travelling by private vehicle on these roads unless absolutely necessary".[105] The FSB raided Wagner headquarters in Saint Petersburg. Unconfirmed Russian media reports said cardboard boxes containing 4 billion rubles ($47 million) were recovered from vehicles near the office. Prigozhin said that the money was meant to pay employee salaries and other company expenses.[106]

Olga Romanova, journalist and leader of the Russian civil rights organization Russia Behind Bars, accused the FSB of threatening relatives of convicts recruited by Wagner since early morning on 24 June.[107]

Putin's address to the nation[edit]

Vladimir Putin during his address to the nation about the Wagner Group rebellion

Putin addressed the nation for the first time since the beginning of the rebellion in a televised address, calling the actions of the Wagner "treason" and promising to take "harsh steps" to suppress the rebellion. Putin stated that the situation threatened the existence of Russia itself and characterized the rebellion as a "stab in the back" and a "mortal blow" amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, drawing parallels to the Russian Revolution, which happened as the Russian Empire fought in the Eastern Front of World War I, and warning about losing territories, referencing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Putin also recalled the Russian Civil War fought between 1917 and 1923, which he called a "tragedy".[65][104]

Putin made an appeal to those in the Wagner forces who "by deceit or threats, were dragged into a criminal adventure, pushed onto the path of a serious crime—an armed rebellion."[108] Putin's assertion was a rebuttal to Prigozhin's previous claims that Russia was losing territories in the Ukraine war because of the mismanagement of the Ministry of Defence and that Wagner's actions against the Ministry were only meant to improve Russia's situation.[18]

In response, Prigozhin stated that his main goal was to remove Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, from office.[109] Prigozhin replied to Putin's declarations by saying that Wagner refuses to obey the President or the FSB, accusing the Ministry of Defence of betraying the group in Ukraine, enriching themselves through corrupt schemes during the war, and stated that "we do not want the country to live on in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy."[110]

Peace agreement and aftermath[edit]

A crowd in Rostov-on-Don watching a Wagner tank with flowers sticking out of its muzzle

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko talked to Prigozhin at Putin's request.[111] Lukashenko allegedly brokered an agreement in which Wagner fighters agreed to halt their advance and return to base in exchange for a guarantee of their safety.[86] In an audio statement, Prigozhin said that he had agreed to the deal to avoid bloodshed,[86] and that his forces were "turning around [their] columns and returning to field camps according to plan".[112]

In his official statement, Prigozhin said: "They were going to dismantle PMC Wagner. We came out on 23 June to the March of Justice. In a day, we walked to nearly 200km away from Moscow. In this time, we did not spill a single drop of blood of our fighters. Now, the moment has come when blood may spill. That's why, understanding the responsibility for spilling Russian blood on one side, we are turning back our convoys and going back to field camps according to the plan."[113][failed verification]

Around 11:00 p.m. (GMT+3), the Wagner Group began withdrawing their forces from Rostov-on-Don.[114] In video that circulated on Russian social media, Rostov-on-Don residents can be seen cheering Wagner troops leaving the city.[115][116]

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced that the charges against Prigozhin would be dropped and he would be sent to Belarus.[117] Wagner fighters will not face prosecution, and those who did not take part in the rebellion may sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense. The Wagner organization as a whole will, according to Peskov, return to their previously held locations during their wartime deployment. Putin's office reportedly expressed how they "are grateful to the President of Belarus for these efforts" that ended things.[118]

Reactions[edit]

Domestic[edit]

Government-affiliated figures[edit]

Russian establishment politicians, including Kursk Oblast governor Roman Starovoyt and Communist Party of the Russian Federation General Secretary Gennady Zyuganov, called on Prigozhin to stop his rebellion.[119][120] Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader Leonid Slutsky called for the prevention of all internal strife and called Prigozhin a traitor,[121] and the Russian-installed governors of the occupied Ukrainian regions annexed in 2022 all voiced support for Putin.[119][122]

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov called the situation "treason", and stated that his troops were en route to "zones of tension" to "preserve Russia's units and defend its statehood".[123] Dmitry Medvedev, leader of United Russia, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, and former President of Russia, stated that "the world will be put on the brink of destruction" if Wagner would be able to take control of the government and gain access to nuclear weapons.[124]

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow of the Russian Orthodox Church called on Russians to pray for Putin.[125]

Russian opposition[edit]

Russian opposition groups responded in a variety of ways.[126] Russian Volunteer Corps leader Denis Kapustin praised Prigozhin, stating, "Although we stand on opposite sides of the barricades and have a different point of view on the future of the Russian Federation, I can quite call him a patriot of Russia, without sarcasm or irony."[126] He later called to join the rebellion.[127][128][129] Contrastingly, the Freedom of Russia Legion compared the events to those during the Russian Revolution, but advised readers to remember Wagner's numerous war crimes, and urged people not to "attribute military honor and valor to [Prigozhin] which does not exist."[126]

Exiled former oil magnate and opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky urged Russians to support Prigozhin, saying that it was important to back "even the devil" if he decided to take on the Kremlin.[130] He later called on Russians to arm themselves, while stating that "Prigozhin is not our friend and not even our ally".[131] The Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists issued a communique, stating that "neither the Putin regime nor Prigozhin are our friends. In this fight between two cannibals, anarchists should stay away—let them bleed each other as much as possible. That way, they won't be able to disturb people in the future."[132]

International[edit]

In response to the developments on 23 and 24 June, Estonia strengthened its border security,[133][134] while Latvia closed its border with Russia and suspended the entry of Russian citizens.[135] U.S. President Joe Biden discussed the situation with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.[136] In a phone conversation on 24 June, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed Putin that Turkey is prepared to help find a "peaceful resolution",[137] while calling on him to act with common sense.[138][139]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the insurrection is evidence of Russia's inherent political instability, "full-scale weakness",[140][134] and "complete chaos".[141] Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also responded, stating that the rebellion is an opportunity for the international community to "abandon false neutrality" on Russia and to provide Kyiv with all the weapons it needs to push Russian forces out of Ukraine.[142] Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to Zelenskyy, said the mutiny is "just the beginning", that it is proof of infighting among Russia's elite,[143] and that the succeeding days would define the next status for Russia.[142]

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition and president of the Coordination Council for the Transfer of Power, stated on Twitter that the factional standoff within the Russian forces "exposes the weakness of dictatorships", and that "their regime of terror could collapse at any moment".[144] She later stated: "We are witnessing events that will put an end to great tyranny. ... We must seize this moment now."[145] In addition, Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment commander Dzianis Prokharaŭ [be] stated in a video on Twitter that "favorable conditions for the destruction of the dictatorship are rapidly approaching", and that "this is the beginning of the end of the great tyranny".[146] He also called on Belarusian military personnel not to interfere in Russia's internal conflict.[147]

Both Iran and Kazakhstan declared that they consider the Wagner Group rebellion an internal problem of Russia.[148][149] Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska and former member of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, voiced support for Putin in "his efforts to preserve peace and internal stability in Russia and restore order in the military and other forces".[150] The Belarusian Foreign Ministry stated that the rebellion is a "gift" to Western countries, and warned that it could spell "disaster".[151]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Wagner presence was reported in Rostov,[1] Voronezh, and Yelets.[2]
  2. ↑ Two Mi-8MTPR-1 electronic warfare helicopters, one Mi-35 Hind, one Ka-52 Alligator, one Mi-8 Transport,[7][8] and one An-26 transport plane.[9]
  3. ↑ Bellingcat journalist Arik Toler said that the location of the alleged strike coincides with previously filmed videos of war correspondent Alexander Simonov, who visited the camp.[67]
  4. ↑ Rostov-on-Don is near the frontlines in Ukraine where Wagner troops had been operating, and is also where Prigozhin had claimed that Wagner troops were headed.[73] It is directly connected to Moscow by the M4 highway.[74]
  5. ↑ Voronezh is halfway between Rostov-on-Don and Moscow.[79][95]

References[edit]

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