2023-06-07 17:55:37
Prigoschin-Interview
«Can show how sick we are» – is the Kremlin planning a nuclear strike in Belgorod?
The head of the Wagner mercenary group said in an interview that Russia might target its own territory in the Belgorod region for a tactical nuclear strike.
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In an interview on the Donbass Today Telegram channel, Prigozhin said he feared that Russia was considering using tactical nuclear weapons in Belgorod.
“We can hit our own territory to show how sick and psychotic we are,” Prigozhin said.
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The Wagner boss and his group of mercenaries have long been at odds with the Kremlin.
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Prigozhin also let it be known that he might mobilize his troops once morest Vladimir Putin if the required supply of ammunition continues to fail.
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In an interview, Yevgeny Prigozhin indicated that the Kremlin might plan a tactical nuclear strike in the Belgorod region.
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At the same time he scoffs that the bomb might not work.
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Prigozhin also threatened to turn his mercenaries once morest the Kremlin if the ammunition shortage persisted.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has warned Russia might launch a tactical nuclear strike on its own Territory in the Belgorod region carry out. In the Telegram-Kanal «Donbass Today» Prigozhin stated in an interview that he feared Russia was toying with the idea. “It’s scary throwing them into foreign territory, but we can hit our own to show how sick and psychotic we are,” the Frankfurter Rundschau quoted Prigozhin as saying.
“Is that why we are retreating in the Belgorod region and allowing them to advance?” he asked. However, it was “a big question” whether the bomb would work properly, Prigozhin added, alluding to Russia’s military capabilities, the Daily Mail reports.
Is Prigozhin directing mercenaries once morest the Kremlin?
The Wagner boss and his group of mercenaries have long been at odds with the Kremlin. Russian fighters are said to have fired on Wagner troops in the embattled town of Bakhmut. The private army later announced that it had captured the Russian lieutenant colonel believed to have been responsible for the shelling.
According to a report by the American news portal “Newsweek”, Prigozhin also gave the Ministry of Defense in Moscow an ultimatum in the interview. He hinted that he might mobilize his troops once morest Vladimir Putin if the required supply of ammunition continues to fail. He may even be planning to go personally to the ministry with the Wagner group and demand new projectiles and rockets there. Prigozhin has long accused the Russian leadership of deliberately refusing supplies to the mercenaries.
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