Internet could be turned off in Moscow as Wagnerites advance to Russian capital
Roskomnadzor, the Russian national communications regulator, will turn off the Internet in areas where the Russian government has declared a counter-terrorism operation (CTO). This concerns Moscow, Moscow Oblast and Voronezh Oblast.
Source: Russian Interfax news agency
Details: Roskomnadzor announced that in the "areas of the counter-terrorism operation", the Internet will be restricted: "In the areas where the CTO is operating, temporary restrictions on the operation of Internet resources are possible."
At the same time, they said that Telegram is currently not restricted, although users report operating malfunctions in the messaging app.
Background: Russian Defence Ministry combat aircraft struck the M4 "Don" motorway to prevent the Wagner Group PMC from moving along that road. It was also reported that one of the mercenary convoys was attacked in Voronezh Oblast.
The road they are moving along has been blocked. Russian forces are deploying aircraft, but the Wagner Group mercenaries have already shot down at least three Russian helicopters.
Russian Armed Forces are digging trenches at the entrances to Moscow.
Background:
- On the evening of 23 June, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that the regular Russian army had launched a missile strike on the Wagnerites’ rear camps. Prigozhin claimed that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Rostov, where he personally conducted an operation to wipe out the mercenaries.
- Prigozhin's 25,000 mercenaries are allegedly going to "restore justice". At the same time, he asked not to call this action a "military coup". Prigozhin added that Shoigu had fled Rostov like a coward and that "this creature will be stopped". The Russian Defence Ministry called the information a provocation.
- Photos and videos of armoured vehicles on the streets of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don are being posted on Russian social media following Prigozhin’s statement about a de facto declaration of war against the Russian army. Checkpoints have been set up at entrances to Moscow.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia was "fighting for survival" and that there were attempts to "organise a rebellion" in the country
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