Confirms that the mutiny was all about Shoigu’s June 10th order to dissolve PMCs like Wagner
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
Claims his objective of the march was not to show aggression (ed: strange way of showing it). The columns had marched for 780 km
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
Says Wagner column suffered 2 KIAs (but says they were not their personnel but MoD personnel that had joined them), as well as several wounded
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
Prigozhin: We stopped when we realized there would be a battle and lots of losses near Moscow. We determined that the demonstration up to that point was sufficient
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
Prigozhin: Lukashenko offered a solution to preserve Wagner (ed: as I said, this is all about his business interests with Wagner)
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
Prigozhin: Russian citizens were greeting us with Russian and Wagner flags. They were ecstatic to see us and continue to write to us even now. Some are disappointed that we stopped because they saw in our march support for the fight against government bureaucracy
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
Also no word on what the deal that Lukashenko presented ultimately entailed or whether Wagner would continue to exist or not
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 26, 2023
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