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Russia: Prigozhin tells mercenaries to turn back from Moscow advance to 'avoid bloodshed' - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Prigozhin says Wagner Group is turning its convoys around.

They wanted to dissolve Wagner Group. On June 23, we set off on our “march of justice.” In the span of 24 hours, we got within 200 kilometers of Moscow. During the time, not a single drop of our fighters’ blood was shed. Now we’ve reached a point where bloodshed is possible. So, understanding the full responsibility for the potential shedding of Russian blood from either side, we’re turning our columns around and heading back in the opposite direction towards our field camps, according to plan.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't think this is a stunt. I think Wagner got a head too large and something put them in place. Atleast for now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Wagner doesn't have air power and not much for air defenses.

FIRMS is showing a lot of fires in Lipetsk right now.

Could be coincidence, but it's possible Wagner got bombed to shit.

[–] dark_shines11 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or maybe Wagner didn't want control and don't care how they look. Maybe they want something else and they got exactly that?

[–] utopianfiat 1 points 1 year ago

What like the pee tape?

[–] mookulator 1 points 1 year ago

That’s what it seems to me. But something is still really weird about it all. Is this Wagner chief really that rash and impulsive? What on earth could have convinced him to turn around so fast? So fucking weird.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

What? Nothing was stopping them. They steam rolled.right into Moscow region and onto the doorstep of the city proper. As it is,bits unclear how much resistance they would have faced.