Photos: Mercenary group advances in Russia

Members of Wagner Group sit on the sidewalk as they patrol the center of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.

In this photo taken from video, a woman poses for a photo at a Russian armored vehicle, with writing reading "Siberia," parked in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023.

Members of Wagner Group detain a man in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.

People walk past an armoured personnel carrier in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.

A man takes down the poster with writing reading "Join us at Wagner" above a highway on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 24, 2023.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on monitors as he addresses the nation after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, called for armed rebellion and reached the southern city of Rostov-on-Don with his troops, in Moscow, Russia on June 24, 2023.

Members of Wagner Group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.

Members of Wagner Group stand on the balcony of the circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.

Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023.

Russian servicemen guard an area in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023.