STORY: The pinnacle of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenary group is, for the primary time, publicly rejecting Moscow’s official justification for the struggle in Ukraine, saying the explanation for the invasion was primarily based on lies…
… operating straight counter to President Putin’s personal statements…
…And marking a brand new milestone within the months lengthy feud between the Wagner founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and Russia’s prime navy brass.
That is a part of Prigozhin’s video, which was posted on Telegram:
“Why was the struggle wanted? The struggle was wanted so {that a} handful of scumbags might have a blast and get PR consideration exhibiting how sturdy the military is.”
“The struggle was wanted not with a view to return Russian residents to our bosom. And never with a view to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. It was wanted for one star with further embroidery in order that one mentally sick man might look good on a coffin pillow.”
“Shoigu lives by the precept that ‘a lie should be horrific for folks to consider it’. That is when the lies come.”
Prigozhin is referring to Russia’s protection minister, Sergei Shoigu, a relentless goal of his criticism.
He is typically accused Shoigu and different navy leaders of incompetence, however rejecting the core causes for the struggle is new for Prigozhin. He says Shoigu is deceiving President Putin, and that the struggle was additionally used to counterpoint the ruling elite.
Prigozhin additionally particularly makes use of the phrase “struggle” within the video, not the phrase “particular navy operation” utilized by the Kremlin.
Prigozhin has loved uncommon freedom in publicly criticizing Moscow, though not Putin himself, whom he depends on for help.