PRIGOZHIN SAYS MOSCOW STRIKES KILL ‘HUGE’ NUMBER OF WAGNER FORCES

Sat 24 June 2023:

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the Moscow strikes has killed “huge” numbers of Wagner forces.

Accusing Russian military leadership of bombing his forces, Prigozhin also vowed to retailate and “stop” them.

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In a series of extraordinary audio messages released late on Friday, Prigozhin appeared to declare war on the Russian military leadership.

“Wagner Commanders’ Council made a decision: the evil brought by the military leadership of the country must be stopped,” he said.

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“Those, who destroyed today our guys, who destroyed tens, tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers will be punished. I’m asking: no one resist,” Prigozhin said.

“Everyone who will try to resist, we will consider them a danger and destroy them immediately, including any checkpoints on our way. And any aviation that we see above our heads,” he added.

Channels of the #Wagner PMC state that the #Russian army launched a missile attack on the location of the Wagner mercenaries. pic.twitter.com/GsAnfmuCJs

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“I’m asking everyone to remain calm, do not succumb to provocations, and remain in their houses. Ideally, those along our way, do not go outside. After we finished what we started, we will return to the frontline to protect our motherland.”

Prigozhin also published a video which he claims shows the aftermath of a rocket attack by the Russian ministry of defence on a Wagner camp.

“We are 25,000 [fighters], and we are going to figure out why the chaos is happening in the country,” Prigozhin added, urging others to join his fight.

“Anyone who wants should join. We need to end this mess,” he said.

Prigozhin released today a new interview going over the current state of affairs as well as looking back at the events preceding the start of the "SMO". In this first bit, he explains that the Donbas was plundered by Russians since 2014 and the 2022 war began for reasons very… pic.twitter.com/7jOxrPXeX1

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It was not immediately clear what Prigozhin’s objectives were and whether his threats were directed at the Kremlin.

“This is not a military coup, this is a march of justice. Our actions do not hinder the armed forces in any way,” the Wagner chief said.

The Russian Defence Ministry, on the other hand, quickly issued a statement saying Prigozhin’s accusations “do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation”.

Russian General Sergey Surovikin appealed to the commanders of Wagner PMC and urged them to obey the orders of the President of the Russian Federation.

"I urge you to stop, the enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country – you can’t give… pic.twitter.com/dUuIPNanP7

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“All the messages and video footage distributed on social networks on behalf of E Prigozhin about the alleged ‘strike by the RF Ministry of Defense on the rear camps of PMC Wagner’ do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation,” the defence ministry said.

Earlier in the day, Prigozhin accused Moscow’s leadership of lying to the public about the justifications for invading Ukraine, denying Moscow’s claims that Kyiv was planning to launch an offensive on the Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine in February 2022.

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