Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Russian Wagner Group leader wants to remove Vladimir Putin from Kremlin

Yevegeny Prigozhin, head of Russia's private mercenary company The Wagner Group, has broken his silence after a dramatic attempted mutiny against Putin.

Speaking in an 11-minute audio clip posted to Telegram, Prigozhin said that the failed mutiny attempt on 24 June was launched to "hold to account" figures in the Russian military and the Kremlin which he believed were to blame for "mistakes" in the Ukraine war. He denied that the incident was directly targeting Vladimir Putin's position of power, stating: "We didn't march to overthrow Russia's leadership."