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Yevgeny Prigozhin, nicknamed Putins chef after providing catering services to the Kremlin, heads up the despots private army which carries out his dirty work at arms length from the state.

Ambitious henchman Yevgeny Prigozhin - who runs the 50,000-strong Wagner private army - is increasingly seen as posing a rising threat to the Kremlin leader with his daily grandstanding.

As we near the one-year anniversary of Russia’s all-out assault on Ukraine, the political fractures inside Russia are on public display

And called to punish the "glamorisation of the Russian army".

The mercenaries have been heavily involved in the fighting in Ukraine, and have claimed credit for the fall of Soledar, a strategic town in Donetsk.

A push for clean-shaven soldiers is likely a key test of Russian forces, but the Wagner Group mercenaries and others aren't falling in line.

Ukraine war: Fighting in south intensifies, Germany denies blocking tank shipment.

Critical comments are the latest outburst against the Russian military leadership by two of Vladimir Putin’s allies.

The former commander of the 58th Army accused the Wagner military of putting themselves above other Russian soldiers.

A top Russian occupation official claimed on Thursday that Russian forces could withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River, signaling a potential turning point in the Russo-Ukrainian War.