Russian Wagner Chief Blasts Outcome of Putin’s Ukraine War Goals
- Prigozhin said invasion achieved opposite of Kremlin’s aims
- Mercenary leader said defense chiefs left Russia unprotected
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The founder of the Wagner mercenary group delivered a scathing critique of the outcome of President Vladimir Putin’s war goals in Ukraine, highlighting growing nationalist anger at Russia’s faltering 15-month invasion.
Yevgeny Prigozhin heaped praise on the performance of Ukraine’s military and scorned the “denazification and demilitarization” goals that Putin and top Kremlin officials used as justification for the war. He renewed a feud with Russia’s top defense officials, accusing them of leaving the country unprotected following a border incursion by attackers who crossed from Ukraine.