Russian state threatened by Kremlin factions and Chechen soldiers in Ukraine.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group and a member of President Vladimir Putin's wider circle, has accused Kremlin factions of destroying the Russian state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. Prigozhin said a dispute between him and Chechen forces had been resolved, but infighting in the Kremlin had opened a Pandora's Box of rifts. Putin had been forced to scold them at a Security Council meeting, he said.