Wagner captures Russian commander as Prigozhin feud with army escalates

Lt Col Roman Venevitin seen telling interrogator he ordered troops to shoot at convoy of mercenaries

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Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner group of mercenaries has captured a Russian commander, as the notorious leader further escalates his feud with the regular army.

In a video posted on Prigozhin's social media channels on Monday evening, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, the commander of Russia's 72nd Brigade, tells an interrogator that, while drunk, he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy.