Russian private military contractor Wagner Group's owner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has called for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia's Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, after accusing him of ordering a rocket strike on Wagner's field camps in Ukraine. The security services have reacted by opening a criminal investigation into Prigozhin, who has frequently criticised Russia's military brass. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia may be planning to attack an occupied nuclear power plant to cause a radiation disaster.

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