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"Return to normal" in Moscow: fear of invasion lifted, city roads opened to traffic | Israel Hayom

6/25/2023, 4:27:32 AM

Highlights: All traffic restrictions and roadblocks were lifted from the country's highways on Saturday night. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed to Ukraine's foreign minister that US support for Kyiv will not change following recent events in Russia. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered residents to stay indoors and avoid traveling around the capital - preparing for an invasion by Wagner forces. Russian soldiers could be seen setting up machine gun positions in the south of the city, during which a "state of emergency" was declared.


Breathing a sigh of relief in the Russian capital after Wagner commander announced his forces would "return to the front" Blinken sent a reassuring message to Kyiv

After a dramatic day last night that included Wagner forces galloping toward the capital Moscow during the attempted military coup in Russia, all traffic restrictions and roadblocks were lifted from the country's highways on Saturday night following Prigozhin's announcement that troops would "return to the front."

Attack on the Wagner convoy from the air | Social Networks

Recall that yesterday a "state of emergency" was declared in Moscow, during which Russian soldiers could be seen setting up machine gun positions in the south of the city, and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered residents to stay indoors and avoid traveling around the capital - preparing for an invasion by Wagner forces.

Wagner Force tank in Rostov, photo: AP

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed to Ukraine's foreign minister that US support for Kyiv will not change following recent events in Russia.

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