Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the private military group Wagner, accused the Russian military's chief of staff Valery Gerasimov of ordering an aerial attack “in the middle of civilian cars.”
US officials determined as early as January that there was an internal power struggle underway between the mercenary Wagner Group and the Russian government, and have been gathering and closely monitoring intelligence on the volatile dynamic ever since.
Wagner Group fighters seized district police stations in Rostov Oblast on the night of 23-24 June and are continuing to keep their staff locked up in their offices. Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe, citing sources in Russia's law enforcement agencies.