The Wagner Group rebellion was a short armed uprising in Russia on 23 and 24 June 2023, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary company, which had fought for Russia in Ukraine. Prigozhin, who had been feuding publicly with the Russian defense leadership, accused the military of attacking his forces and ordered his men to march on the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, which they took without much resistance. A column then advanced toward Moscow, and Wagner forces shot down several military aircraft. The march was halted after a deal brokered by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, under which Prigozhin was to go to Belarus and charges were dropped. Two months later, in August 2023, Prigozhin died in a plane crash north of Moscow.
Before and after
- 2 June 20232023 Odisha train collision
- 6 June 2023Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
- 12 June 2023Death of Silvio Berlusconi
- 18 June 2023Titan submersible implosion
- from 23 June 2023 to 24 June 2023Wagner Group rebellion
- from 3 July 2023 to 5 July 2023July 2023 Jenin incursion
- 5 July 2023Launch of Threads
- 14 July 2023Launch of Chandrayaan-3
- 17 July 2023July 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
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