Putin: Wagner Group moves are 'stab in the back'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said moves taken by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, a longtime ally, to bring his troops into a key Russian city amounted to a "stab in the back."
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Putin didn't mention Prigozhin by name, but said that "necessary orders have been given" to defend Russia in a recorded address aired on Russian television on Saturday.
"Actions that divide our unity are in essence defeatism before one's own people," he said. "This is a stab in the back of our country and our people."
-ABC News' KJ Edelman