The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) urged Wanger Group fighters on Friday not to "make irreparable mistakes" and not to carry out "criminal and treacherous orders" issued by their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin but instead to take steps to detain him. Earlier, the FSB opened a criminal case against Prigozhin, accusing him of attempting to start an armed rebellion against the Russian government.
Russian General Sergey Surovikin called on the Wagner Group to "obey the will and orders of the elected president of Russia," go back to their base and "solve all our problems peacefully." He asked the mercenary group, which has a strong presence in Ukraine, not to "play into the enemy's hands" by feuding with the Russian government.
