In June, tensions reached a head when Prigozhin led a mutiny against Russia’s top military leadership. Read more at straitstimes.com.
in a series of hostile audio messages. He claims that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov are withholding ammunition and supplies from his fighters to try to destroy Wagner.
Earlier in the month, Prigozhin dismisses a report from The Washington Post saying that leaked intelligence shows he offered to disclose Russian army positions to Ukraine.Fighters of the Wagner private mercenary group being deployed near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS
He also challenges the Kremlin’s claim that Ukraine had been on the verge of attacking Russian-backed separatist territory in Ukraine’s east when Russia invaded.
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