"Wagner Group's Involvement in Ukraine War Terminated Due to Contract Dispute"

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of private military company (PMC) Wagner, refused to sign a contract with the Russian defense ministry, resulting in the termination of Wagner's involvement in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry had required all groups and units involved in combat tasks to sign a contract, but Prigozhin chose not to comply. As a consequence, funding and supplies for Wagner were withheld. The attempted mutiny by Wagner was attributed to issues of money, excessive ambitions, and an agitated mental state. The Federal Security Service (FSB) initiated legal proceedings against the PMC for inciting armed mutiny, but negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko led to the return of Wagner's convoys to their field camps, with the FSB terminating the criminal proceedings.