BREAKING: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has broken his silence since the military coup.
in Rostov without firing a shot.
Prigozhin made it clear that he didn’t target Putin when he declared his troops would march on Moscow, saying: ‘We didn’t march to overthrow Russia’s leadership.’ The rebellion was one of the largest challenges to Putin’s decades-long authority since he launched his war against Ukraine In his video message, he said: ‘The aim of the march was to avoid destruction of Wagner and to hold to account the officials who through their unprofessional actions have committed a massive number of errors’.
He says Wagner regrets ‘they had to hit Russian aviation’ and they turned around ‘to avoid spilling blood of Russian soldiers.’
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