The head of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claims that at first the fighters of the RF Armed Forces mined the roads in the rear of the Wagnerites. And when they tried to neutralize explosive devices, they opened fire to kill.
The Russian military, on the orders of their commanders, opened fire on the mercenaries of the Wagner PMC, who were leaving their positions near Bakhmut. Relevant statement by the leader of the mercenaries Yevgeny Prigozhin published his press office on Sunday 4 June.
According to the document, which was published in the telegram channel of Prigozhin’s press service, they entered into a short battle with the military personnel of the Ministry of Defense after they were fired at in the area of the village of Semigorye (a settlement not far from Bakhmut, – ed.).
If you believe the date on the published report, the exchange of fire between mercenaries and the RF Armed Forces took place on May 17th.
On this day, the “Wagnerites” noticed that for some reason groups of the military of the Ministry of Defense were mining the roads in the rear. While trying to clear land mines and anti-tank mines, the Russian military fired on the mercenaries. As a result, the car “Ural”, owned by PMCs, was damaged. The engine of a military truck was pierced.
According to a report circulated by the press service of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the “Wagnerites” took retaliatory measures. They allegedly managed to detain the fighters of the RF Armed Forces, who opened fire on the mercenaries.
“The leader of this group was an officer of the RF Ministry of Defense, the commander of a motorized rifle brigade, a lieutenant colonel, who was in a state of intoxication,” the document says.
Note that Prigogine has already turned Russian media journalists who asked him to tell the details of the incident between the “Wagnerites” and the Russian military.
“At the moment, the investigation is underway. Many facts are not public. However, I can publish the initial report,” Prigogine said.
Yevgeny Prigozhin claims that the Russian military fired on his mercenaries
Recall that on June 4, the media wrote that Wagner PMC threatened to act without the permission of the Ministry of Defense. According to Yevgeny Prigozhin, he will not wait for an invitation to take over guarding the border if the army cannot interfere.
And on June 3, Prigozhin criticized Shoigu because of the victims in the Belgorod region. The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov of hushing up the real state of affairs in the Belgorod Region.
2023-06-04 20:14:51
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