War in Ukraine: Prigozhin accused the Russian army of bombing Wagner military camps

Can another front open in Ukraine? Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, which is fighting against Ukraine, accuses the same army of bombing military camps of its own group. Yevgeny Prigozhin said that a “very large number” of Wagner fighters directed directly against the Russian military command were killed during these bombings.

In several audio messages published on Telegram, Yevgeny Prigozhin promises to “respond” to these shellings attributed to the Russian army. “The command of the Wagner group has decided that those who bear military responsibility for the country must be stopped,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an audio message, calling for no “resistance” to his troops and stating that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu would be “stopped.” “.

For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry quickly denied the strikes in a press release. “Messages and videos posted on social networks by Yevgeny Prigozhin about the alleged The Russian Defense Ministry strikes at the rear bases of the Wagner paramilitary group are not true and are a provocation,” he said.

Prigozhin criticizes the Russian army

Earlier that day, this Friday, Yevgeny Prigozhin assured in a video interview that “the army (Russian) withdrew to the regions of Zaporozhye and Kherson”, and “Ukrainian armed forces are advancing.” “No control, no military success” from Moscow, Yevgeny Prigozhin hacked back again, claiming that Russian soldiers were “washing themselves with blood”, thus claiming that they were suffering heavy losses.

In recent days, Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that the Ukrainian counter-offensive failed, and the people of Kiev suffered almost “catastrophic” losses. On Thursday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu assured that the Ukrainian army was in the process of “regrouping” after failing to break through Russian defenses. Yevgeny Prigozhin called these statements a “profound deceit”, accusing the General Staff of “concealing” Russian difficulties and losses on the ground.

In early June, Yevgeny Prigozhin had already accused the Russian unit of attacking several of his people. May 17 “people from the ministry (Russian) defenses were noticed behind the mining of roads behind the positions of the Wagner units, ”says Yevgeny Prigozhin in a statement of that time in a report addressed to this ministry. And to ensure: “The Wagner fighters, who carried out mine clearance, were attacked by fire from the positions of the Ministry of Defense. »