Wagner Chief Says Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Unjustified - The Moscow Times
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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.

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.

  • guyman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Interesting. I’m not sure how well Putin can play the “they deceived me card”, considering it may make him look weak. But punishing the “deceivers” may make him look strong. Who knows? I guess it depends on what the Russian people want to believe.