On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a statement vowing "harsh punishment for the organizers of an armed rebellion spearheaded by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin," according to AP News, referring to the uprising from Prigozhin's Wagner private army as "a stab in the back."
Per Britain's Ministry of Defense, "Prigozhin's private army appeared to control the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, a city 660 miles (over 1,000 kilometers) south of Moscow that runs Russian operations in Ukraine," with mercenaries making further headway as the day progressed.
