Russia investigates Wagner chief for ‘armed mutiny’ after call for attack on military

FSB opens criminal case after Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses Russia's military of rocket attack and says evil' leadership must be stopped

Russia's FSB security service has opened a criminal case for armed mutiny against Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin after the mercenary chief accused the Russian military of targeting his forces and vowed to destroy" his rivals.

In an extraordinary series of audio clips released late on Friday, Prigozhin claimed that a Russian rocket attack had killed scores of his fighters, vowing to take revenge" and stop the evil brought by the military leadership of the country".