The Russian leader vowed to punish Yevgeny Prigozhin after his Wagner forces seized a key Russian city.
The deployment of Wagner troops in a major Russian city is a challenge to President PutinYevgeny Prigozhin calls it his "March of Justice". Vladimir Putin says it is a "criminal escapade" and an "armed mutiny". One senior Russian commander has called it "a coup".
This had been brewing. For months there has been very public infighting between Wagner and Russia's ministry of defence over how the war in Ukraine has been fought.
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