The purpose of his forces' march toward Moscow, he claimed, was to prevent the “destruction” of Wagner private military company, he further claimed. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin released new audio Monday claiming that two factors played into his decision to turn around his march on Moscow, CNN reports.
CNN cited Prigozhin as saying that he wanted to avoid Russian bloodshed and also said the march was a demonstration of protest and not intended to overturn power in the country.
“Overnight, the report added, we have walked 780 kilometers (about 484 miles). Two hundred-something kilometers (about 125 miles) were left to Moscow,” Prigozhin claimed in the audio message, despite no evidence of his Wagner forces made it that close to the Russian capital. “Not a single soldier on the ground was killed.”
“We regret that we were forced to strikes on aircraft,” he said. “…but these aircraft dropped bombs and launched missile strikes.”
CNN further quoted Prigozhin as saying that the purpose of his forces’ march toward Moscow, he claimed, was to prevent the “destruction” of Wagner private military company, and “to bring to justice those who, through their unprofessional actions, made a huge number of mistakes during the special military operation.”
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