Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops have crossed the Russian border and are now entering Rostov-on-don.

"We crossed state borders in all places. Border guards came out to meet us and hugged our fighters. Now we are entering Rostov," the Prigozhin's press service said on Telegram.

Prigozhin said that "Wagnerites" fight only with professionals.

"But if someone gets in the way, we will destroy everything that gets in our way... We move on, we go to the end," said Prigozhin.

It should be noted that the Telegram channel of the press service of Yevgeny Prigozhin published a voice message in the evening of June 23, in which he stated that the forces of the Ministry of Defense "hit our rear camps." The Russian Defense Ministry denied this information.

"There are 25,000 of us and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in the country," Prigozhin said.

Later, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation reported that after Prigozhin's statements, a criminal case was initiated on incitement to an armed rebellion.

After Prigozhin's message, security measures were tightened in Moscow, in particular, units of the OMON and SOBR of the National Guard were raised on alarm, major objects of the Russian capital were taken under increased protection.