Kyrylo Budanov said Wagner fighters wanted to 'raise the stakes' in their rebellion in June.
mercenaries tried to acquire nuclear devices during their mutiny against Russia's military establishment.had reached a nuclear base near the city of Voronezh with the intention of getting small Soviet-era nuclear devices.
Budanov's claims, which have not been independently confirmed and have been disputed by some experts, follow speculation over the aftermath of the events of June 24, when Prigozhin's fighters seized military facilities in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
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