Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the “Wagner” PMC, said that his mercenaries will continue to fight in Ukraine if his people get a separate section of the front, independent of the “clowns” who control the Russian armed forces, Reuters reports.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who turns 62 on Thursday, is celebrating his birthday at a training camp where he confirmed that Wagner’s mercenaries will leave the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut for good on June 5 after handing it over to the Russian army.
At the end of May, after months of fierce war, Prigozhin’s mercenaries captured the devastated city.
“If the entire chain (of command) is 100% failed and is run only by clowns who turn people into meat, then we will not participate in it,” said Prigozhin, known for his sharp, often profanity-laced comments about the conduct of war.
“Nice, isn’t it?” he smiled to Russian reporters as he watched the night sky light up with explosions and red lights amid the automatic fire of his mercenaries.
Prostheses for injured mercenaries in Bakhmut
He also spoke about the lower limb prostheses received by wounded mercenaries, including those who continued to fight.
Prigozhin said that his men wanted to rest in camps in the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine for about a month, and then everything would become clear.
“It was a difficult year. Then we’ll see how it goes,” he said.
“Chef Putin”, a former prisoner and hot dog seller, became famous during the 15-month war in Ukraine and constantly insulted President Vladimir Putin’s top military figures, including Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov. regarding achievements on the battlefield.
Neither Shoigu nor Gerasimov publicly responded to his insults.
Prigozhin, who joked last week that his nickname should be “Putin’s butcher” rather than “Putin’s cook,” said on Wednesday that he had asked prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defense officials had committed any “crimes” before or during the war in Ukraine.
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