“The fight is now on. This is now a civil war,” Michael McFaul, who served as US Ambassador to Moscow from 2012 to 2014, said in a tweet of the Wagner group’s staged rebellion toward the Russian military on Friday.
“The fight is now on. This is now a civil war,” Michael McFaul, who served as ambassador from 2012 to 2014, said in a tweet.His comments come in response to actions by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led his troops out of Ukraine and into a key city south of Moscow on Friday — marking the biggest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership in over two decades.
Wagner mercenaries have since begun marching toward Moscow as they continue to advance into Russian territory. Russian military forces have reportedly opened fire on the group after Putin vowed to crush any rebellious mutiny against the Kremlin, according to Reuters.
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