Wagner forces aim to topple Moscow's military leadership - in pictures
A serviceman from private military company Wagner Group blocks the access to the Rostelecom building in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia. EPA
A military column of Wagner private mercenary group drives along the M-4 highway, which links the capital Moscow with Russia's southern cities, near Voronezh. Reuters
A man takes down the poster with writing reading 'Join us at Wagner' on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. AP Photo
People pose for photos on a tank reading 'Siberia' as servicemen from Wagner Group block a street in downtown Rostov-on-Don. EPA
Wagner forces near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
A Wagner group fighter on a street in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. AFP
Fighters from the Wagner group on the streets of Rostov-on-Don close to the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Reuters
A Russian police patrol on guard at Kremlin in Moscow. EPA
Russian servicemen stand on the streets of central Moscow. EPA
Wagner group fighter stands guard near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Reuters
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner mercenary group, speaks inside the headquarters of the Russian army's southern military command centre, which his forces took control of, in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
Russian police officers guard the Wagner group's headquarters in Saint Petersburg, after President Vladmir Putin described the actions by the mercenary forces as treason. AFP
A woman watches Mr Putin's televised address to the nation, in Moscow. EPA
Russian policemen block a street in downtown Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia. EPA
Wagner fighters stationed on a street in Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
Russian servicemen block a street in downtown Rostov-on-Don. EPA
Mr Prigozhin serves food to Mr Putin, who at the time was Russia's prime minister, at the Wagner chief's restaurant outside Moscow. AP
Wagner fighters in Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
Policemen guard an area near the Wagner offices, in St Petersburg. AP
A Wagner fighter stands guard on a street in Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
Wagner fighters in Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
A Wagner fighter on top of an armoured vehicle in Rostov-on-Don. Reuters
