A purported Wagner Group recruitment video asks U.S. veterans who 'dreamed of doing much to make America great again' to fight against Ukraine.
Prigozhin said that the decision was made because a recent Wagner Group recruitment ad"aimed at the American audience" had been a huge success, claiming that the ad had inspired millions of U.S. citizens to"fight againstWagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is pictured in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 17, 2016. The inset images feature Russian soldiers in front of a U.S. flag, top, and a Russian flag flying in Moscow, bottom.
The video, narrated by a man with a heavy Russian accent, appears to be aimed at veterans who support former President"You were a hero to your country, giving your best years in the army," the narrator says over stock images of U.S. soldiers."You dreamed of defeating evil. You dreamed of doing much to make America great again.
"In reality, you served ... the will of a bunch of families who thought they were earthly gods, deciding who would live under their rule and who would be destroyed," the narrator continues. "You began to realize that this is the side of evil," he continues after images of January 6 Capitol rioters appear."This is not the America the Founding Fathers dreamed of ... the only country fighting this evil is Russia."
The video ends by appealing to the"true patriot[s] of the future great America" to"join the ranks of the warriors of Russia" before it is"too late for everyone."Such a recruitment spot, which is supposed to encourage Americans, is spread on the Internet by bots, accounts related to Prigozhin, and Russian military blogs
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