The head of the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary group that has seen much of the toughest fighting in Ukraine, on Friday accused Russia of killing thousands of fighters and vowed to stop the “evil” of the military leadership.
Russian officials, in turn, quickly launched a criminal investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the paramilitary group, “on charges of armed mutiny.”
“Those who destroyed our lads, who destroyed the lives of many tens of thousands of Russian soldiers, will be punished. I ask that no one offer resistance,” Prigozhin said in a series of audio messages on his official Telegram channel.
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