Once again, the founder of the Wagner Group mercenary army came out against the Kremlin. Yevgeny Prigozhin criticizes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war goals and warns against a revolution like the one Russia already experienced in 1917.
He also fears that Ukraine’s impending offensive could cause further problems for the Russians. “Most likely, this scenario will not suit Russia, so we need to prepare for a heavy war.”
“The military leaders screwed up”
He especially railed against the Russian elite. For example, he warns that “if ordinary Russians have to keep putting their children in coffins,” while the children of the elite “keep shaking their asses,” the situation could escalate “like in 1917 with a revolution.” “First the soldiers will get up, then their loved ones. There are tens of thousands of their relatives, and probably hundreds of thousands. He also says that Russian military leaders have “screwed up” several times. He also says that the goal of demilitarizing Ukraine has failed.
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Prigozhin’s comments come at a surprising time when his troops are trying to leave the Ukrainian town of Bachmut so the Russian military can take control of positions. He declared for the second time that Bachmut had fallen, but he knows that a week ago the Ukrainian army launched a flank offensive. So he might have suspected that things weren’t going so well in the end and maybe he thought: “Now quickly plant that flag and take it out”, because then he can always blame the Russian military for a defeat”, thinks the former commander of the Mart de Kruf army.
Russia on the defensive
The former commander notes that Prigozhin may be one of the first prominent Russian leaders who, after “assessing Ukraine’s strength for a year and a half, realizes they really have a problem.” ‘That means that as a Russian military you have to think carefully about how to get out of it, because an offensive is not going to work. In fact, I’m on the defensive.’
Prigozhin has long been at odds with the Kremlin. Leader Wagner has long had problems in particular with the Russian Defense Ministry. Earlier he said the ministry was blocking the supply of weapons to Wagner troops. Prigozhin also announced on Wednesday that he had lost more than 20,000 soldiers in the battle for Bachmut.
Source: BNR
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