 Military vehicles cordoned off several streets in downtown Rostov-on-Don, a city in southern Russia. Soon after Wagner Group, Chief Yevgeny Prigazin announced his march on Friday. Russia accused mercenary Chief Yevgeny Prigazin of calling for an armed mutiny on Friday after he alleged, without providing evidence, that the military leadership had killed a huge number of his fighters in an airstrike and vowed to punish them. The Defense Ministry issued a statement saying Prigazin's accusations were not true and are an informational provocation. Prigazin said his actions were not a military coup. But in a frenzied series of audio messages, in which the sound of his voice sometimes varied and could not be independently verified, he appeared to suggest that his 25,000 strong militia was en route to ask the leadership of the Defense Ministry in Moscow.