BLUF: Russian leader Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group, a private Russian mercenary group that launched a rebellion. The group was involved in Russia’s annexation of Crimea and attempted to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Prigozhin claimed that the Russian military attacked Wagner forces and declared an armed rebellion, intending to punish the Russian Defense Minister. The Wagner Group retreated after halting its advance on Moscow to avoid bloodshed. Putin has promised to crush the rebellion and punish those involved, declaring a counterterrorism state of emergency in Moscow.
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