6/23/2023 – Wagner, chief announces “march for justice” after alleged Russian strike on mercenary troops

Wagner financier Prigozhin announces the PMC will withdraw from Bakhmut. Screenshot from footage

From Euromaiden Press: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner private military company which had committed war crimes in Bucha, accusedthe Russian Army of striking a Wagner camp in Ukraine.

According to Prigozhin, the company “is making a decision” on how to respond to a missile attack that killed “a huge number of fighters.”

In addition, the chief of the mercenary group vowed to “stop” Moscow’s top military leadership and called on Russians not to resist his forces.

“We are 25,000 strong, and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in Russia,” Prigozhin announced on Telegram. “Everyone else is free to join us,” he said.

“It is not a military coup, it is a march for justice. Our actions in no way will hinder the troops,” Wagner’s head added.

Shortly after these messages, Prigozhin said that Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu had earlier arrived in Rostov deliberately to carry out an operation on the elimination of the mercenaries.

Earlier, Prigozhin, in an interview published on his Telegram channel dismissed Moscow’s claims that Kyiv was planning to launch an offensive on the Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine in February 2022. He also blamed Shoigu for battlefield failures…

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