“We Did Not Want To Shed Russian Blood” – Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin Breaks Silence Since Mutiny Ended

Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has shared an audio statement directly addressing the mutiny in Russia over the weekend.

In the 11-minute clip, he said: “We started our march because of an injustice.”

He claimed the decision to turn around the march on Moscow was because he and his fighters didn’t want to shed Russian blood. 

The former Wagner leader also said it was not his aim to overthrow the Russian government.

“We stopped at the moment when the first assault unit, which had approached 200 kilometres to Moscow, deployed its artillery, made a reconnaissance of the area,” he said. 

“It was obvious that a lot of blood would be spilled at this point.

“So we felt that the demonstration of what we were going to do was enough.

“And our decision to turn back was influenced by two most important factors. The first factor was that we did not want to shed Russian blood.

“The second factor was that we were going for a demonstration of our protest, not to overthrow the government in the country.”

The Wagner leader also repeated his claim that his troops were attacked by Russian soldiers, saying 30 people died with more injured.

He did not offer any details about where he was or what his future plans are.

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