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Lukashenko offered ways for Wagner to continue operating: Wagner chief

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 26 Jun 2023 21:41
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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin stresses in a recent voice message on Telegram that he did not want to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin, still planning to continue from Belarus.

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  • Russian soldiers walk past an area where the Wagner Group military company's tank was parked near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP)
    Russian soldiers walk past an area where the Wagner Group military company's tank was parked near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP)

The Chief of Russia's Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, broke his silence in a Telegram audio message on Monday, two days after staging the armed mutiny, and insisted that he did not want to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Prigozhin did not reveal his location, but is reported to have move to Belarus after a deal brokered by Minsk to end the mutiny. 
 
He argued that his mutiny was aimed at saving his embattled mercenary outfit and bringing to justice Russia's military leadership who made "huge mistakes" during the Ukraine campaign, adding that "We went to demonstrate our protest and not to overthrow power in the country." Moreover, he claimed that the road - which saw armed fighters speed through southern Russia en route to Moscow - exposed major security issues. 
 
Wagner's convoy came to a halt 200 kilometers (125 miles) short of Moscow, having "blocked all military infrastructure" including air bases along the way, according to Prigozhin. He claimed the group had support from locals along the way.

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Prigozhin said Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko offered ways in which Wagner could continue to operate and thereby ended the armed mutiny. "Lukashenko held out his hand and offered to find solutions for the continuation of the work of the Wagner private military company in a legal jurisdiction," he said. 
 
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The Wagner chief said that he had sent two columns into Russia: one to the city of Rostov-on-Don, which occupied the local army headquarters, and the second one to Moscow. He called a halt to the mutiny when the column nearing Moscow "did reconnaissance of the area and it was obvious that at that moment a lot of blood will be shed," stating that no one was killed "on the ground" during the march but admitting casualties in the air.

"We regret that we were forced to hit on aviation, but they dropped bombs and hit us with rocket fire," he said. 
 
Prigozhin claims to have gotten as close as 200 kilometers to Moscow.

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