Roads being blocked in Moscow Oblast

A bridge across the Oka River on the Simferopol Road near the town of Serpukhov in Moscow Oblast has been blocked, and people are asked to refrain from travelling.

Source: regional branch of the Russian Ministry of Transport in Moscow Oblast, on Telegram

Quote: "Please note that the bridge over the Oka River on the Simferopol Road near Serpukhov is blocked."

Details: The agency also urged residents to avoid travelling on the M-4 Don and M-2 Crimea Roads on 24 June.

Moscow Region Governor Alexei Vorobyov has urged residents to be understanding of the inconveniences caused by the counterterrorism operation in the region.

Background:

• Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that the regular Russian army had launched a missile strike on the Wagnerites’ rear camps. Prigozhin claimed that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had arrived in Rostov, where he personally conducted an operation to wipe out the mercenaries.
• Prigozhin's 25,000 mercenaries are allegedly going to "restore justice". At the same time, he asked not to call this action a "military coup". Prigozhin added that Shoigu had fled Rostov like a coward and "this creature will be stopped". The Russian Defence Ministry called the information a provocation.
• Photos and videos of armoured vehicles on the streets of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don are being posted on Russian social media following Prigozhin’s statement about a de facto declaration of war against the Russian army. Checkpoints have been set up at entrances to Moscow.
• Prigozhin claimed that his mercenaries had shot down four Russian army helicopters; later, many Telegram channels in Ukraine and Russia reported that an An-26, a Russian Defence Ministry transport aircraft , has been downed.
• On the morning of 24 June, the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don was surrounded by tanks and people in military uniforms, although at the moment, it is not known whether these were Russian army personnel or mercenaries from the Wagner PMC.
• In an emergency address, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is "fighting for survival" and Prigozhin’s mercenaries are trying to "organise a rebellion" in the country.
• On 24 June, Sergey Sobianin, the mayor of Moscow, announced that a counter-terrorism operation (CTO) had been introduced in the capital.
• On the morning of 24 June, Putin called Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, and told him what was happening in Russia.

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