The mercenaries’ leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was once close to the Russian president now he is a major threat
The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claims to have seized control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and demanded that Russia’s military leadership come to him after accusing them of killing his forces.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has accused Prigozhin of treason and vowed to “neutralise” the uprising.
