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following the address, putin held a meeting with his security officials, including defence minister sergei shoigu. putin made no mention of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin by name. prighozhin, who was thought to be in belarus but whose whereabouts are currently unknown, is claiming the rebellion wasn t meant to overthrow the russian government. translation: after just one - day, we had only 200 kilometres left to moscow. we entered rostov city and fully took it under our control. it was peaceful and civilians were happy to see us. we demonstrated a masterclass of what the 24th of february 2022 should have looked like. we did not aim to overthrow the existing regime, it was said many times, we turned back not to spill the blood of russian soldiers. earlier, i spoke with william courtney, former us ambassador and special assistant to the president for russia, ukraine, and eurasia. if we look at what vladimir putin said today in his
aircraft, allegedly targeting wagner during this march. he appeared to say that one other reason why wagner staged this march was to give the official army and example of how things are done. yevgeny prigozhin said in one day they were able to cover 700 kilometres, and this is the level of organisation that the russian army need to learn to much, he said. he concluded his 11 hour, 11 minute message posted on social media, he said this is what the 24th of february 2022 should have looked like. this is the date when vladimir
half minutes, i vejust that is what this is. it is 11 and a half minutes, i ve just finished it. yevgeny prigozhin still sounding aggrieved but trying to send a message that his aim, as you said, was not to topple the elected authorities of russia. it was all about, he is underlining, about the survival of his mercenary group, the wagner group. fora long survival of his mercenary group, the wagner group. for a long time in this message he talks about the professional qualities of wagner, he talks about them are showing the russian military how they should have been if they wanted to win the war in ukraine. he basically says if the russian military had been like us at the beginning of it on the 24th of february 2022, they could have taken ukraine in a matter of days. he said it was a matter of disarray. he is underlining the success of his martialjustice, the
of putin s proteges had publicly destroyed his case for the war in ukraine. prigozhin said on friday that there was nothing out of the ordinary before the 24th of february, 2022. the situation was frozen, with exchanges of military action and vicious looting by the russians. he also said that russia s defence ministry is trying to deceive both the president and the nation that there was incredible aggression from the ukrainian side, with nato support ready to attack russia. the russian government s lies have been exposed by one of president putin s own henchmen. the full story of this weekend s events, and the long term effects will take some time to become clear, and it is not helpful to speculate. but prigozhin s rebellion is an unprecedented challenge to president putin s authority, and it is clear that cracks are emerging in the russian support for the war. i, of course, hold no candle