• Wagner group troops descended on Rostov-on-Don in Russia in an apparent armed mutiny.
• Images show the armed fighters on armored vehicles in the streets of the strategic Russian city.
• The soldiers appear to be heading north from the city towards Moscow, the UK Ministry of Defence said.

Russian mercenary troops marched into a Russian city in an apparent armed rebellion, and they may be on the move towards the country’s capital. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Wagner group’s actions a “betrayal,” and vowed to quell the mutiny.  

Videos on social media appear to show Wagner group soldiers descending on the strategic Rostov-on-Don on Saturday after the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said that Russia’s defense ministry “must be stopped.”

Rostov-on-Don is a critical military hub in southern Russia for the fighting in Ukraine. Located 60 miles from the Ukraine border, the city of more than one million people hosts the HQ of the Russian Southern Military District command, which according to unconfirmed reports, has been seized by Wagner fighters.

Take a look at the first images of the Wagner fighters descending on the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday.