Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin tried to overthrow Ukraine's neighbor Moldova before his death, the nation's president says

• Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin was behind a coup attempt in Moldova, the country's president said.
• Wagner intended to turn protests "violent" to justify its allies seizing power, Maia Sandu claimed.
• "The situation is really dramatic and we have to protect ourselves," she said.

The deceased former head of Wagner, the Russian paramilitary group, was behind an attempt earlier this year to overthrow the pro-Western government of Moldova, President Maia Sandu said in an interview published Friday.