Prigozhin Says Putin's Reason for Invading Ukraine Was a Lie

Newsweek ^ | 6.23.2023 | Isabel van Brugen

[libh8er]

..."The Ministry of Defense is trying to deceive the public and the president and spin the story that there were insane levels of aggression from the Ukrainian side and that they were going to attack us together with the whole NATO block," the Russian businessman said. "The special operation was started for a completely different reason."

Prigozhin was echoing a main reason that Putin gave for justifying his decision to invade Ukraine last February—NATO expansion near Russia's border—but avoided naming the Russian leader. Instead, Prigozhin ramped up his months-long criticism of Shoigu.

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine was a "poorly planned operation" that embarrassed Russia's military, said Prigozhin. He has often complained about weapons shortages for his Wagner troops.

"Shoigu killed thousands of the most combat-ready Russian soldiers in the first days of the war," he added.

"The mentally ill scumbags decided, 'It's OK, we'll throw in a few thousand more Russian men as 'cannon fodder.' 'They'll die under artillery fire, but we'll get what we want'," the Wagner chief added. "That's why it has become a protracted war."

[Sunsong]

“One of the possible scenarios how the situation might develop:

Everyone expects Wagner convoys will go towards Moscow tonight. But they’re not idiots. I think it’s possible Wagner mercenaries will arrive to Moscow in small groups, three to five people at a time. Then, in about a month, we’ll see the real coup. Don’t forget that RUssian police is corrupt and criminal authorities trust Prigozhin. So the plan might be quite different.”
~ Anton Gerashchenko

[ganeemead]

Hohos can't win on the battlefield so they move on to terrorism, lies, and propaganda...