Wagner Group leader accuses Russia of "lying" over the war in Ukraine
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The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner Evgeny Prigozhyn accused the highest commanders of the Russian army of inventing lies in order to invade Ukraine.
Primogyn, whose frequent tirades in social media cast a lie to his limited function in the war as head of Wagner's private military company, has been openly accusing Sergei Szojg's defence minister and Russia's highest General Walerij Gierasimov of incompetence for months.
But on Friday, he first rejected Russia's main justification for invasion of Ukraine 24 February Last year in what he calls "special military operation", in a video clip published on Telegram by his press service.
"Nothing different happened on February 24... Ministry of defence tries to trick society and the president and tell us a communicative about how crazy aggression from Ukraine was and that they planned to attack us all over NATO" – said Prigozhyn, calling the authoritative version "a beautiful story".
"The war was needed... so the Shoigu could become a marshal... so he could win the second "Bohater" medal (Russia).
War was not needed for the demilitarisation or denazification of Ukraine".
Sitting on a chair with Wagner's giant black flag behind his back, the Primogyn said that the war was besides needed to enrich the ruling elite, which, as he said, was not satisfied with the commercial possible of part of the Ukrainian Donbas region, which Moscow took control in 2014 through the replacement separatist forces.
"The task was to divide material goods (in Ukraine)" - he said.
"There was a mass theft in Donbasa, but they wanted more".
Against Putin
Wagner led Russia's capture of the Ukrainian city of Bachmut last month, and Prigożyn utilized his success on the battlefield – achieved at large cost to humans – to public impunityless criticism of Moscow.
However, he did not criticize president Vladimir Putin, whose support yet depends.
However, his last message is straight contrary to Putin's message of justification, which sends his tanks to Ukraine, said that this is aimed at demilitarisation and "densification" of a country that poses a threat to Russia, which he denies Kiev.
This is simply a communicative that the Russian authorities defend with fines or prison sentences for those who will be considered to be spreading "liables" about the war.
There was no immediate consequence from the Ministry of Defence that ignored Prigozhyn's earlier complaints, at least publicly.
There was besides no immediate reaction from the Kremlin, which in the past besides declined to comment on the Primogyn explosions.
Putin, however, supported the Ministry of Defence's order, which is opposed to the Prigozhyn that mercenaries groups specified as Wagner must sign contracts by surrendering to the Ministry's control by 1 July.
Some Russian analysts speculated that Prigozhyn had political ambitions and could search to replace the Shojg, which he had always underestimated.
On Thursday, he accused the highest command of lying to Putin and the Russian people about the scale of Russian losses and failures in Ukraine.
On Friday's video, he said that Moscow could have made a deal with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski before the war, that the conflict was a disaster for Russia and that tens of thousands of young lives were unnecessarily sacrificed, including members of Russia's most powerful forces.
Presenting leading fools as fools with vodka and cognac, who eat caviar, he claimed that the Russian war effort was inhibited by corruption.
"We bathe in our own blood" - he said. ► "Time runs fast."
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