Russia - Challenge to Putin from Wagner group
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After that, he actually announced the beginning of a military mutiny.
Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the Russian military of "missile strikes on the rear camps" of the Wagner PMC, as a result of which "a huge number of fighters" of the military company died. Prigozhin explained this "meanness" by the fact that the rivals saw that his organization was "not broken", although he was ready to negotiate with the Ministry of Defense and even hand over his weapons.
After this appeal, Prigogine said the following:
“The evil that the military leadership of the country bears must be stopped! They neglect the lives of soldiers, they forgot the word "justice". And we will return it. Everyone who destroyed our guys and many tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers will be punished. I ask you not to resist anyone, who will resist - we will perceive it as a threat. All roadblocks, all aircraft above our heads. I ask you to stay in your homes along the route of our route, do not go out into the street. After we finish what we started, we will return to the front to defend our Motherland. The presidential power and law enforcement agencies will continue to work in the usual manner. We will deal with those who destroy Russian soldiers and return to the front,” Prigozhin later said, referring to the decision of the “Council of Commanders” of the PMC “Wagner”
Prigozhin announced the attack on the Wagner training camps located in the rear at about 21:00 on June 23. “These scum have not calmed down. Today, seeing that we are not broken, they launched rocket attacks on our camps. As a result, a huge number of our soldiers died. We will decide how we will respond to this atrocity. The next step is ours!” Prigozhin says in an audio recording posted by his press service on the Prigozhin’s Cap telegram channel.
In confirmation of the attack, telegram channels close to Wagner began to distribute a video in which two fighters, presumably Wagnerites, without ceasing to swear, show the consequences of the attack “not crests who won’t get here, but allies.” The video showed the ruins of a certain wooden building, two small fires in a tank trench, and a man in military uniform, lying motionless, filmed from afar.
Based on the video distributed by the Prigozhin network channels, it is difficult to establish the specific details of what happened.
The video appeared on the Prigozhin-related channel https://t.me/razgruzka_vagnera/169 “Unloading Wagner” at 20:59 Moscow time. A minute later, it was reposted by the Kepka Prigozhin channel, which is also part of the "Putin's Chef" public network. Three minutes later, the recording was published by the Wagner Orchestra. At 21:09, Prigozhin published an audio recording on his official channel in which he accused the Ministry of Defense of attacking the rear camps of Wagner PMCs.
This afternoon, before the alleged strike, footage from a similar camp was posted on the Wagner Orchestra channel . The exact location of this camp is unknown.
Information TASS :
“President Putin is informed about all the events around Prigozhin. The necessary measures are being taken,” said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense called false information disseminated on social networks about the alleged strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the “rear camps of PMC Wagner”. The Russian Defense Ministry also stated that the Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out combat missions on the line of contact with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the special military operation.
PS The FSB opened a criminal case against Prigozhin because of a call for an armed rebellion
PPS Amid the news about the statements of Yevgeny Prigozhin, as well as the criminal case initiated by the FSB on the fact of calling for a military mutiny against Prigozhin, the shares of Russian companies went down: