Russia is investigating the head of the Wagner mercenary group for 'armed mutiny' after he accused the Kremlin of thousands of fighter deaths.
The head of the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary group that has seen much of the toughest fighting in Ukraine, on Friday accused Russia of killing thousands of fighters and vowed to stop the “evil” of the military leadership. Russia, in turn, announced it was investigating the outspoken leader on charges of"armed mutiny."
He warned that his troops would move to punish Russia's defense minister and urged the army not to offer resistance. Prigozhin declared that “this is not an armed rebellion, but a march of justice.” The service called on Wagner fighters"not to make irreparable mistakes, to stop any forceful actions against the Russian people, not to carry out the criminal and treacherous orders of Prigozhin, and to take measures to detain him."
Prigozhin vowed to avenge the incident: “There are 25,000 of us and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in the country.”Prigozhin, whose frequent tirades on social media belie his limited role in the war as head of the Wagner private military company, has for months been openly accusing the defense minister and Russia’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, of rank incompetence.
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