The Wagner Group’s rebellion, in pictures

The head of the Wagner mercenary organization, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has declared his rebellion against the Russian military leadership on Saturday after accusing the Armed Forces of bombing one of his camps. In the picture, a group of Wagner mercenaries deployed in the streets of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, capital of the region of the same name. STRINGER (Reuters)

Military convoy of the Wagner mercenary group drives along the M-4 highway near Voronezh on route to Moscow.STRINGER (REUTERS)

Wagner members detain several civilians blocking a street in Rostov, Saturday. STRINGER (EFE)

Civilians take a picture on one of the tanks of the Wagner group in the city of Rostov. ARKADY BUDNITSKY (EFE)

Wagner mercenaries block a Rostov street with a tank marked 'Siberia'. STRINGER (EFE)

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary company, in a screenshot of a video he distributed this Saturday via his Telegram channel. "7.30 Moscow time, we control the military facilities in Rostov, including the airfield," he claims. HANDOUT (AFP)

Wagner soldiers stand guard in the center of the Russian city of Rostov.STRINGER (EFE)

A boy hugs a Wagner mercenary in Rostov. DENIS ROMANOV (AFP)

Image from a video shared by the Wagner group showing a mercenary convoy under attack.Wagner (Anadolu Agency / Getty)

Two Wagner members walk past a mercenary company tank in the city of Rostov on Saturday.REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his address to the nation on Saturday. In the televised message, Putin called the revolt "treason" and vowed that those responsible will be severely punished. GAVRIIL GRIGOROV (AFP)

Smoke plume from a destroyed fuel depot in the Russian city of Voronezh.STRINGER (REUTERS)

Two Rostov residents take a photograph with a Wagner member. In the foreground, two grenade launchers on a vehicle.ROMAN ROMOKHOV (AFP)

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Saturday called on the capital's residents to reduce their travel around the city "as much as possible," as he posted on his Telegram account. Pictured, the surroundings of Moscow's Red Square.Sefa Karacan (Anadolu Agency / Getty)

A civilian greets a Wagner mercenary in Rostov. STRINGER (REUTERS)

Wagner troops rest in a cafe in Rostov on Saturday.STRINGER (REUTERS)

Wagner troops, deployed in the Russian city of Rostov, one of the southern Russian enclaves controlled by the mercenary company.STRINGER (REUTERS)

Removal of a Wagner poster under the slogan "Join Wagner" on a road in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday. AP

A member of the Wagner group stands guard on a street in the city of Rostov.STRINGER (AFP)

Civilians in the Russian city of Rostov walk past a tank with members of the Wagner group.STRINGER (AFP)

The head of the mercenary company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has called for "a march for justice" of his organization against the Russian military leadership.STRINGER (REUTERS)

Russian police officers guard a road near St. Petersburg with a sign under the slogan "Join Wagner".AP

Two men hold an image of Vladimir Putin on Red Square in Moscow, Saturday. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (AFP)

Wagner group mercenaries guard an area of Rostov. "We have arrived here [Rostov-on-Don]. We want the chief of the General Staff [Valery Gerasimov] and [Defense Minister Sergey] Shoigu to be handed over to us. While they do not appear, we will be here, blockading the city of Rostov and going to Moscow," Wagner's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, threatened.Vasily Deryugin (AP / LAPRESSE)

Two police officers guard Wagner's headquarters in St. Petersburg. ANTON VAGANOV (REUTERS)

Russian police have stepped up security around Moscow's Red Square. MAXIM SHIPENKOV (EFE)

The Wagner mercenary group controlled in the first hours of the rebellion the Russian city of Rostov, where its troops have been deployed in the early hours of Saturday morning. ARKADY BUDNITSKY (EFE)