Wagner Group chief declares war on Russian military leadership, Putin in crisis.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian mercenary group Wagner, has declared war on Moscow's defense ministry, accusing Kremlin officials of killing thousands of his soldiers. The feud between Prigozhin and Russia's ministry of defense has been building for months but now appears to have boiled over. The move comes after Prigozhin accused Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of having hidden "colossal" failings on the battlefield from Putin, claiming that 2,000 Wagner men were killed as a result of strikes ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defense.