![]() ![]() Last week, the Wagner boss also said he had asked prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials had committed any "crime" before or during the war in Ukraine.Īt the start of the year, the UK confirmed it would send a squadron of 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine to help counter Russia's invasion. The mercenary boss has gained widespread notoriety during the 15-month war in Ukraine, and has regularly insulted President Vladimir Putin's top military brass, especially defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Prigozhin said his men wanted to rest at camps in Russian-controlled Ukraine for around a month and then things would become clearer. "If the whole chain (of command) is 100% failed and will only be led by clowns who turn people into meat, then we will not participate in it,"Prigozhin, who is known for his expletive-laced commentary, said. Wagner Group mercenaries are willing to fight on in Ukraine if they get a separate section of the front without having to depend on the "clowns" who run the Kremlin's armed forces, Russia's most powerful mercenary boss has said.Ĭelebrating his 62nd birthday today at a training camp, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin also confirmed that his men would finally leave the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on 5 June after handing it to the Russian army. ![]()
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