Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday accused the Russian military of "destroying" his fighters, without fully explaining his accusation, and vowed to stop the "evil" of the military leadership.

An unverified video posted on the “Razgruzka Wagner” (Wagner’s Combat Vest) Telegram channel showed a scene in a forest where small fires were burning and trees appeared to have been broken by force.

It carried the caption: “A missile attack was launched on the camps of PMC Wagner. Many victims. According to eyewitnesses, the strike was delivered from the rear, that is, it was delivered by the military of the Russian Ministry of Defence.”

Prigozhin vowed to avenge the incident: “There are 25,000 of us and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in the country.”

But he also added: “This is not a military coup.”

  • lorossi97@feddit.itEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    I wonder what could happen now. He already said that Putin has been tricked by the minister of defence to invade Ukraine. What does he really want?

    • Square Singer@feddit.deEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      That is a good question.

      Another question is whether he has all his marbles together and whether what he wants and what he does actually fit together in a realistic way.

      It’s a common misconception that people in power got into power because they have a working brain and actually know what they are doing.

      Musk and u/spez are good examples for that misconception.

      Could also be that the mad leader of the mercenaries is actually just that: mad.

      • lorossi97@feddit.itEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I wouldn’t really compare spez with either Musk or Prigozhin, but I understand your opinion. He could be just mad or he’s forcing his hand because he feels he can have popular support … I guess we’ll see in a few days.

        • QHC@kbin.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          Spez has directly praised Musk’s moves at Twitter and cited them as inspiration.

        • Square Singer@feddit.deEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Sure, they are all on different levels, but all of them are proof that you don’t have to be mentally stable to be in power and that you don’t need to understand the link between actions and results either.

    • exohuman@fedi196.gay
      1·
      1 year ago

      @lorossi97

      @Exaggeration207

      I was initially thinking that this is an excuse to end the war by placing the blame on the minister of defense and leaving Putin unscathed. Now, I am not as sure about that considering they named the Wagner head a traitor.