At least 13 soldiers are said to have been killed and six helicopters shot down by Wagner during the march towards Moscow. Today, a minute’s silence was held in the Kremlin to remember the fallen pilots. – You actually helped to prevent a civil war, said President Vladimir Putin in a speech to the 2,500 soldiers from the national guard and security forces present. Putin further denied that forces were leaving the front lines in Ukraine to help put down the insurgency. The president believes the Wagner group is failing to garner support. – Those who were dragged into the uprising saw that neither the people nor the army were with them, Putin said. The head of the Russian National Guard, Viktor Zolotov. Photo: SPUTNIK / Reuters At the same time, the head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov announced that the forces under his command will be equipped with heavy weapons and tanks. During the short-lived rebellion, there was fear that the national gardens would have to fight against a far better equipped enemy. This is written by the Russian news agency Tass. At the same time, Zolotov says that the mercenaries in Wagner “would not have been able to take Moscow”. Zolotov also claimed that they had information about the preparations for the uprising from Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s circle. Several experts have previously pointed out that the regime in Moscow seemed unprepared for the uprising.
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