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Added on the 24/06/2023 13:43:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show people cheering the fighters of the mercenary group Wagner as they withdraw from the south-western Russian city of Rostov-on-Don where they occupied a key military base. The pull out takes place after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner group, called off his troops' advance toward Moscow, pulling Russia back from its most serious security crisis in decades. IMAGES
Tanks, cargo truck with fighters of rebel mercenary Wagner group leave the military headquarters the group had occupied earlier in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin halted the fighters' march on Moscow. IMAGES
Dozens of residents in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on chant "Wagner! Wagner!" outside the military headquarters that had been captured earlier by the rebel mercenary group. IMAGES
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show tanks, armoured vehicles and Wagner fighters on the streets and around the headquarters of the Southern Military District. IMAGES
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show armoured vehicles and Wagner soldiers lining the streets as residents walk around them or watch on in groups. In an earlier televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the city as Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to oust the Russian military's top brass. IMAGES
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