Chapter “PMC Wagner” Evgeny Prigozhin for the first time after the end of his “march of justice” made a statement for the press.
Prigozhin emphasized that he was not going to overthrow the power in the country.
According to him, “as a result of intrigues, ill -conceived decisions” “PMC Wagner” was to cease to exist on July 1.
The commanders and almost none of the mercenaries, said Prigozhin, did not agree to sign contracts from the Russian Ministry of Defense, because they were sure that this would “lead to a complete loss of combat effectiveness.”
However, they gathered, if the decision was not changed, to go out on June 30 with a column in Rostov-on-Don and transfer the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation their technique.
Despite this, Prigozhin claims, a missile blow and an additional blow from the helicopters of the Ministry of Defense were delivered to PMCs. After that, the Council of PMC commanders decided to immediately move in with the “march of justice.”
In his statement, Prigozhin added that they retreated so as not to shed the blood of Russian soldiers:
“We regret that we shot down a Russian aircraft. We were not going to overthrow the power in the country, we wanted to bring to justice those who made mistakes during the” special operation “.
Prigozhin did not reveal the details of negotiations with Lukashenko and further plans “PMC Wagner”.