Russia’s domestic intelligence service has opened a criminal case against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of private military group Wagner because of mutiny call. Wagner accusing the Russian military of a launching a deadly missile strike on his troops.
Prigozhin accused Russian forces of striking a Wagner military camp. “A huge amount of our fighters were killed.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense denied the claims, calling it an “informational provocation.”
Wagner said "We will deal with those who destroy Russian soldiers and return to the front, justice for the troops will be restored, and then justice for all of Russia"
Russian state media reports that the FSB, Russia's security services, have opened a criminal case against Prigozhin, accusing him of "calling for an armed rebellion" and attempting to start armed civil conflict in Russia.
The FSB has also reportedly called on Wagner fighters to disobey Prigozhin's orders and to take steps to apprehend him.
The Russian defence ministry said in a statement that "all reports by Prigozhin spread on social media" of Russian strikes on Wagner camps were "not true and are an information provocation".
The Kremlin has also said "necessary measures are being taken", according to Russian news agency Interfax.
In a tweet late on Friday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said simply: "We are watching."
It comes after a video message in May in which Prigozhin stood surrounded by the bodies of his troops and berated Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu - as well as Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov - for not providing them with enough ammunition.
Earlier on Friday, he said the war in Ukraine had been started "so that Shoigu could become a Marshal".
"The Ministry of Defence is trying to deceive the public, deceive the president and tell a story that there was some crazy aggression by Ukraine, that - together with the whole Nato bloc - Ukraine was planning to attack us," he said. (Source)
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