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the russian oligarch Evgeny Prigozhin He has been a key figure in the Ukraine war from the beginning. Founder of the private company Wagner mercenaries, has spent months sending hundreds of his men to the front, accused of perpetrating massacres like the one in Bucha. When these began to fall, Prigozhin appeared in several prisons to personally ask the inmates to join their militia.
Their implication in what his close friend Vladimir Putin continues to consider “a military operation” is indubitable. His conduct, impeccable. That is why it is not surprising that Prigozhin be unhappy with how the war is going.
Following the heavy defeats of Russian forces in the north-east and south of the country, the Russian businessman has repeatedly called for an escalation of the war and has publicly blamed the Defense Minister, Sergei Shoiguof the failures on the front.
Yevgeny Prigozhin serving Russian President Vladimir Putin a meal.
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Now Prigozhin has gone a step further and has directed his criticism at traditional Russian military institutions, which directly harms the Kremlin. Through an interview broadcast by one of his Telegram channels, the tycoon has indicated that the Wagner Group it is the only one that is operating in Bakhmut, while the Kremlin army is not even present in the area. And that the area, in the Donetsk region, is one of the fronts where the Russians are still trying to get rid of the Ukrainians.
In addition, he has distanced himself from the official narrative – which maintains that the Ukrainian army is surrendering – and has explained that the situation in the area is difficult. “Ukrainian troops are holding up decently”, he detailed.
[Putin despliega miles de soldados en la frontera de Bielorrusia: Moscú prepara una gran ofensiva]
Also, Prigozhin has taken advantage to denounce the precarious situation of Russian troops and brag about how well theirs work. In a message he assures that the Wagner Group sent military aid and supplies to the soldiers of the 126 Coastal Defense Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet who had run out of resources on the Kherson front line.
In this line, the tycoon has explained that his militiamen are not financed by the Russian Ministry of Defense, but by their soldiers “are fully equippedthey have enough food, water and medicine” thanks to money from private funds. “They come from my nightstand,” he ironized.
This was reportedly filmed in a penal colony somewhere in Mordovia, one of Russia’s republics. Prigozhin promises prisoners a pardon in six months if they go to war in Ukraine.#Russia #Ukraine #WagnerGroup pic.twitter.com/zi1I9J9fdy
— GEOPOLITICAL ALLEY (@GeopoliticalAlley) September 14, 2022
About the Belgorod shooting
The businessman has also spoken out about the recent shooting at the training ground military from the Russian region of belgorod, bordering Ukraine, in which 11 men who had just been mobilized lost their lives. According to the Ministry of Defense, the perpetrators of the shooting were two foreign citizens and that, in Prigozhin’s opinion, is due to the inability of the Russian Government to restrict migration, presumably from Central Asian countries.
[Ucrania atribuye al Grupo Wagner la matanza de la cárcel de Olenivka: la ONU ya lo investiga]
With these accusations, the Russian businessman does not directly oppose or criticize Putin, but he does undermine the image of “strong man” of the Russian president at a time when his popularity has been undermined by partial citizen mobilization.
