A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. Vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. He had raised prigozhin and empowered him. Prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. He does not exist without putin. This is a frankensteinlike scenario. Ive been following prigozhins extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the onetime, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. Making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. It is like, we know there is more
a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it
and brutality everything is to go to any lengths to achieve their mission. prigozhin was getting his first taste of real power and he liked it. syria was proven to be very profitable, for prigozhin and his boss in the kremlin. wagner was promised a 25% cut of every oil and gas field it managed to take over. the sprawling, quantico gas facility seemed ripe for the taking. except there was one obstacle. a small number of elite american soldiers were based at the plant, on a counter isis mission and they were heavily armed. the clash between the wagner group and u.s. special forces is almost legendary. it was actually the first time that russian and american forces had clashed since vietnam, an incredible moment in history if you think about it.
terrifying legacy to know that that is how he left the world. after that, the sledgehammer became a symbol of the wagner group s power, the viciousness and brutality everything is to go to any lengths to achieve their mission. prigozhin was getting his first taste of real power and he liked it. syria was proven to be very profitable, for prigozhin and his boss in the kremlin. wagner has promised a 25% cut of every oil and gas field it managed to take over. the sprawling, quantico gas facility seemed ripe for the taking. except there was one obstacle. a small number of elite american soldiers were based at the plant, on a counter ices mission and they were heavily armed. the clash between the wagner group and u.s. special forces is almost legendary. it was the first time that russian and american forces had clashed since a vietnam, an