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Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia's Wagner private military group, is now inside Russia's Southern District Military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, according to a video message he posted on Telegram.
He also claimed that all military sites in Rostov-on-Don including an aerodrome are now under the Wagner group's control.
Planes taking part in the Ukraine offensive "are leaving as normal" from the airfield, he said. "We took (the aerodrome) under control so that the attack aviation did not strike us, but strike Ukrainians," Prigozhin said.
In another video, posted by the pro-Wagner Telegram channel "Razgruzka Wagnera," Prigozhin was seen sitting between two senior generals, one of them Army Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseyev, who had earlier issued a video urging Prigozhin to reconsider his declared drive to oust the top Russian brass.
Prigozhin said the Wagner fighters will blockade Rostov-on-Don and head for Moscow unless Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov come to meet him.
The M4 highway connecting Moscow and Rostov has been closed at the border between Lipetsk and Voronezh regions, the Lipetsk governor said earlier.
(With input from agencies)
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