June 23, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Saturday his units were hit by a helicopter on a highway and threatened to “destroy everything” in his way, in an audio message posted on his Telegram channel.
It's unclear exactly where the units were.
"One of the assault squads came under fire from the helicopters. The Wagner units are intact, the helicopter is destroyed and is burning in the forest,” Prigozhin said, adding “we will take it as a threat and destroy everything around us.”
CNN is unable to verify these claims and any video evidence of this.
Prigozhin also said his units are “ready to die.”
“Because we are dying for the Russian people, that must be liberated from those people who are striking at the civilian population, which they just hit in Rostov from helicopters,” he said.
This comes as Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Saturday in a Telegram post that “in connection with the incoming information, antiterrorist measures are being taken in Moscow aimed at strengthening security measures.”
“Additional control on the roads has been introduced. Limitations on holding the public events are possible,” Sobyanin added.
Source: CNN.com
