'...Start Of An Armed Civil Conflict' In Russia As Former Ally Declares War On Top Leadership: 'We Will Destroy Everything'

Russia is facing a major military crisis as the former state ally Yevgeny Prigozhin declared war on Moscow's defense ministry amid a feud with top military leadership.

What Happened: Prigozhin has vowed revenge against the Kremlin, whose officials he alleged had killed thousands of his private mercenaries, reported Reuters.

"If anyone gets in our way, we will destroy everything!" Prigozhin said, adding he had pulled his troops back from Ukraine. 

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In a Friday night statement, the top Russian security agency, FSB, said it had "legally and reasonably begun criminal proceedings" against the Wagner Group chief "for the organization of armed insurrection."

“Prigozhin’s statements, in fact, call for the start of an armed civil conflict on Russian territory, and his actions are a ‘stab in the back’ of Russian servicemen fighting pro-fascist Ukrainian forces,” the FSB said.

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