'This can be equated to high treason,' Prigozhin said in a published audio clip.
In an audio clip posted to Telegram,, otherwise known as"Putin's chef," raged against Russia's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov.
He accused Shoigu and Gerasimov—two of the most high-profile decision-makers in Russia's war effort in Ukraine—of attempting to"destroy" the Wagner Group.Above, Russian billionaire and businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin attends Russian-Turkish talks in Konstantin Palace on August 9, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Prigozhin criticized Russia's defense minister and the chief of the general staff in an audio clip posted to Telegram.
Wagner fighters have also played a key role in Moscow's invasion alongside Russian conventional forces from 2022, but are widely believed to have sustained heavy casualties. On Friday, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the Wagner Group had suffered more than 30,000 casualties in Ukraine. Around half of those killed in the war lost their lives since mid-December, he added.
More madness from Prigozhin this morning who declares there's "direct work to destroy Wagner" as even the sapper shovels are not provided to the PMC anymore. "These officials decided it is their country, their people, they will decide when they die", he adds.
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