Refuting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s costs, Russia’s personal mercenary group Wagner’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin stated they’re patriots they usually have been combating for the motherland.
Wagner’s chief claimed management of navy websites within the Russian metropolis of Rostov, in an sudden escalation of combating between the Russian navy and personal group. Prigozhin demanded that navy management ought to go to him else, they’d proceed to march in the direction of Moscow.
“We’ve arrived right here, we need to obtain the chief of the overall workers and Shoigu,” Prigozhin stated in a video posted on social media. The Wagner chief claimed he was at Southern Navy District headquarters in Rostov. “Except they arrive, we’ll be right here, we’ll blockade the town of Rostov and head for Moscow” The Guardian quoted Prigozhin as saying.
In an audio message refuting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s accusations, Prigozhin stated, “About treason of motherland, the president was deeply mistaken.” BBC quoted the Wagner chief as saying, “We’re patriots of our motherland. We’ve been combating and are combating now.
“And no person goes to – as demanded by the president, the FSB (Russia’s safety service) or anybody else – to confess our guilt. As a result of we do not need our nation to dwell anymore in corruption, lies and forms.”
Safety has been tightened in Russia’s capital Moscow. Putin termed Wagner’s actions as “treason” and stated backstabbers shall be punished. “Those that plotted and organised an armed rebel, who raised arms in opposition to his comrades-in-arms, betrayed Russia. And they’re going to reply for it,” Putin stated.
