The Controversial Figure Behind Russia's Wagner Group
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian mercenary group Wagner, has accused pro-Moscow forces of planting explosive devices in rear areas where his men were stationed in eastern Ukraine. Prigozhin claims that the charges were intended to meet the advancing units of Wagner. None of the charges went off and no one was hurt. Prigozhin has been in a feud with top military brass for months and has accused them of not providing enough ammunition for the assault on Bakhmut.
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