# @reuters on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-06-24T12:19:00.000+00:00
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## Caption

Fighters in the Wagner private mercenary group man an armored vehicle near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. Russian military helicopters opened fire on Saturday afternoon on a convoy of rebel mercenaries more than half way toward Moscow in a lightning advance after seizing Rostov overnight.

Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group that he compared to Russia's Civil War a century ago.

Fighters from Yevgeny Prigozhin's private Wagner militia were in control of Rostov-on-Don, a city of more than a million people close to the border with Ukraine, and were rapidly advancing northwards through western Russia. 🔗 Read the latest news at our link in bio. 📷 Stringer #Russia #wagner #reuters #reutersphotos #rostov-on-don

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