The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, this Wednesday addressed the Investigative Committee and the Russian Ministry of Defense with a request to investigate possible crimes committed by high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense during the military campaign in Ukraine.
“Today [quarta-feira]“I turned to the Investigative Committee and the Russian Prosecutor’s Office with a request to investigate the commission of crimes in the preparation and conduct of a special military operation by top officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense,” Prigozhin said in a message posted on the Telegram social network. .
Prigozhin added that he would not publish the content of his requests, “because it will be analyzed by the investigating authorities.”
Wagner’s chief repeatedly criticized the Russian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Russian army, directly accusing Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Russian military command Valery Gerasimov of not providing enough weapons and not surrendering the previously conquered territory.
Prigozhin warned that he had a list with all the names of those involved in the alleged crimes, directly accusing them of treason and linking the large number of victims of the Wagner group in Bakhmut to the paramilitary’s lack of ammunition.
Wagner group mercenaries fight in support of Russian forces in Ukraine and have played a key role in scenarios like Bakhmut, but joining the Kremlin has sparked accusations on social media against the Russian Defense Ministry or the Russian Armed Forces of logistical problems on the front lines.
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Source: CM Jornal
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