Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says that Wagner Group actions directed against Russia’s Defense Ministry are not a military coup.
This is no military coup. This is a justice march. Our actions in no way interfere with the troops.
Prigozhin said earlier that his fighters “are stopping the evil that [Russia’s] military leadership is carrying out.” The tycoon promised to “swiftly eliminate” anyone who “tries to resist,” including at checkpoints and in aviation.
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