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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Katie Weston

Putin brands Wagner Group's war on Kremlin TREASON and vows to defend motherland

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country is fighting "the toughest battle for its future" as Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leads an armed rebellion.

The 70-year-old addressed the nation on Saturday morning after mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops reached a key Russian city.

A grave-looking Putin warned: "Everything has to be done in order to put this danger to rest. It is an attempt to subvert us from inside.

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