The Russian oligarch, the owner of the Concord company and the founder of the private military company (PMC) Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin commented on the video recordings spreading on social networks, which allegedly shoot Russian prisoners of war.
A businessman close to Putin did not rule out that this is a provocation, and from the part of Americans, not Ukrainians.
“Even if Russian prisoners will die, we will not succumb to provocations,” the Concord press service quoted on the VKontakte social network.
According to the Russian businessman, Ukrainian prisoners will not punish in response, since they do not belong to traitors.
“Ukraine is today’s event enemy, and those who indulge the enemy impede the strengthening and development of Russia, they are traitors. The traitor can only be their own. Therefore, of course, we will not apply any punitive measures, and Ukrainian prisoners They will certainly return alive and unscathed to their homeland, even on condition, if they are provoked to differently, ”the press service quotes Prigozhin.
In addition, he doubts that Ukrainians would shoot Russian captive, since each of them is needed for exchange. But “Yankees are 100% capable of this,” Prigozhin believes.
“Therefore, I think that the execution of Russian prisoners is an attempt by Americans to light a conflict in Ukraine with renewed vigor. But we will not lead to it, but if you feel the smell of the traitor, then” the sledgehammer goes to you. “And between Russia and between Russia and between Russia and Ukraine should be an honest fight. But this is purely theoretically, you probably know well that the sledgehammer is not my methods, ”the Russian businessman concluded.
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