Yevgeny Prigozhin, the CEO of the private military group, fill the ranks of his soldiers with violent thugs from Russia's prison system.
After Russia's humiliating total defeat in Lyman today, he has allied himself with Ramzan Kadyrov, who is the leader of Chechnya. Kadyrov is demanding Putin sack General Lapin for military incompetence on the Lyman Front, and to escalate to nuclear war.
The Ukrainian victory at Lyman is strategically significant and catastrophic for Russia. It is likely to lead to cascading failures for the Russian army.
Putin is looking weak and incompetent, having gone to war with toy soldiers. He in extreme danger of overthrow. There are forces plotting his violent demise.