Kremlin accuses mercenary chief of ‘armed mutiny’ after he vows retribution for dead fighters

“At this moment in time we have crossed in all places the state borders … Right now we are entering Rostov,” he said, referring to a city in the south of Russia.

Earlier Prigozhin warned that his troops would move to punish Russia’s defense minister and urged the army not to offer resistance. He declared that “this is not an armed rebellion, but a march of justice.”