The Wagner Group Rebellion

DATE: 03/07/2025

TIME (GMT): 18:00

ERA: Modern

MAP(S): Lybor

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Jarvis for Brothers in Arms

SLOTS: 51 / 67

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RATING: (20)

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The Wagner Group rebellion began on the 23rd of June 2023. The Wagner Group, also known as PMC Wagner, is a Russian state funded private military company formerly headed by the Russian oligarch, Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

Prior to the rebellion the PMC had taken an active role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but had also been known to operate in the Syrian Arab Republic and several African countries furthering Russian interests. Earlier in 2023, Prigozhin had publicly expressed his resentment towards the Russian Ministry of Defence, namely minister of defence Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, who he both blamed for Russia's military inadequacies, especially during the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraine, which PMC Wagner had taken a key role as essentially shock troops. Prigozhin further accused the pair of handing over "Russian territories" to the Ukrainians.

On the 23rd of June, PMC Wagner first seized Rostov-on-Don, where the Southern Military District is headquartered, while an armoured column of around 5,000 mercenaries, alleged to be under the command of Prigozhin's second in command, Dmitry Utkin, advanced through Voronezh Oblast and towards Moscow. In his call to action, Prigozhin characterized the uprising as a "march of justice" against the Russian military establishment, demanding that both Shoigu and Gerasimov were removed from their positions within the Ministry of Defence.

06:00 Hours, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation, 24th June, 2023 - PMC Wagner forces under the command of Dmitry Utkin continue its advance on the capital, breaking from the M-4 Highway to destroy key military installations near the city of Yelets.