Yevgeny Prigozhin says he will take revenge after claiming rocket attack in Russian region killed scores of his fighters
Vladimir Putin addressed the nation on Saturday morning after mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops reached the key Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
In one video Prigozhin blamed Moscow for the deaths of soldiers from his Wagner mercenary unit. Their bodies were piled up behind him. In a letter, he challenged Shoigu to visit the bloody Ukrainian frontline for himself, where Wagner troops have been fighting and dying in the eastern city of Bakhmut.
“The start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive finally destabilised the Russian elites, intensifying the internal split that arose after the defeat in Ukraine. Today we are actually witnessing the beginning of a civil war,” he claimed. These days Prigozhin rules over the Wagner mercenary group that has earned a sinister reputation in Ukraine, Africa and the Middle East ..., which has an estimated 50,000 mercenaries in Ukraine
The audio message marks the first time that Prigozhin has directly spoken out against the Russian president.This piece, from earlier in the year, examines the Wagner Group and how Yevgeny Prigozhin has used prominent legal firms around the world to try to keep western governments at bayChechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Saturday his forces were ready to help put down a mutiny by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and to use harsh methods if necessary.
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