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A man takes pictures with his smartphone next to trees damaged during the Wagner mercenaries rebellion on the side of a road outside the settlement of Anna in the Voronezh region on June 27, 2023. Bomb craters, shelled homes, shocked residents -- the rebellion of a private army has left scars far from the Ukraine front lines in Russia's farming heartland. Last weekend, a convoy of mercenaries sped along the M4 motorway from southern Russia towards Moscow with the aim of toppling the country's military leaders. In still unexplained circumstances, there were clashes with regular Russian forces in the Voronezh region, part of the Black Earth belt known for its fertile soil. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)