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The British Defense Ministry said the unrest “represents the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times.” Follow the POLITICO Europe live blog

Western officials are watching carefully but not saying much.

Some public venues in Moscow have been locked down, according to local reports.

A civil crackdown appears to be underway, with Putin issuing martial-law orders and Russian officials warning citizens not to share information not approved by state organs.

Prigozhin responded with defiance on his Telegram channel, claiming broad public support.

In a televised address this morning, Putin called Prigozhin a traitor and threatened “inevitable punishment,” comparing the uprising to the 1917 revolution.

Prigozhin claims 25,000 troops under his control, and he is calling on Russian army forces to join him. Wagner forces appear to be on the move north toward Moscow, with fighting reported in Voronezh, a regional capital about 320 miles south.His troops have reportedly taken control of a key regional military center in Rostov-on-Don, a city near the Ukrainian front. Prigozhin has threatened to lead a “march of justice” after accusing the Russian military of targeting Wagner troops in missile strikes.

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The situation is fast moving, and like anything in Russia, full of unreliable narrators. WILD BEAR - The eyes of the world are fixed this morning on Russia, where a long-running feud between military leaders in President VLADIMIR PUTIN’s government and YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, has transformed into the country’s most dramatic domestic upheaval in 30 years. | Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY

A civil crackdown appears to be underway in Russia as President Vladimir Putin attempts to quell an uprising.