- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@kbin.social
- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@kbin.social
Russia did not face an imminent security threat to justify its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary outfit, said in a bombshell video posted on social media Friday. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine were not going to attack Russia with the NATO bloc,” Prigozhin explained in the half-hour tirade released by his press service. “The Russian Defense Ministry is deceiving the public and the president,” he added.
I don’t know his real capabilities, but I don’t think he can go to war. And there’s no need. The whole point of the power system in Russia is to serve your Tzar better than your peers.
Btw, here’s the letter from Prigozhin to Shoigu I mentioned, it’s in Russian, obviously:
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