Lukashenko Reveals Putin’s Shocking Suggestion: Killing Mercenary Chief During Uprising in Ukraine-Russia War
Lukashenko Reveals Putin’s Shocking Suggestion: Killing Mercenary Chief During Uprising in Ukraine-Russia War
According to Belarusian official media, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus claimed that he had opposed the action and verified that Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary squad, had arrived in the nation.
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenaries, arrived in Belarus on Tuesday, according to the state news media in Belarus, putting an end to days of rumours about it his whereabouts after he called off the most significant challenge to President Vladimir V. Putin’s rule in 20 years over the weekend.
As the Wagner mercenaries marched towards Moscow on Saturday, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, Russia’s closest ally, revealed his phone conversations with Mr. Putin and Mr. Prigozhin, new information about the negotiations that put an end to the daylong uprising surfaced.
According to Mr. Lukashenko’s own account, Mr. Putin had mentioned the prospect of killing Mr. Prigozhin, according to official media in Belarus. However, Mr. Lukashenko claimed that he had advised against taking action too quickly, stating that “a bad peace is better than any war.” The premier of Belarus claimed to have called Mr. Prigozhin at that point to inform him that Mr. Putin wanted to “squash him like a bug.” The account could not be verified right away.
State media said that Mr. Putin gave a well scripted address in Moscow to thank the military for “basically stopping a civil war” and to praise his security forces. He described the revolt as a glorious moment for the Russian state.
It was the most recent in a string of appearances since the mutiny in which Mr. Putin attempted to seize the political initiative by implying that Mr. Prigozhin had amassed wealth at the expense of the nation and indirectly threatening those who assisted him.
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In relation to the armed revolt, the Russian authorities closed to their investigation into Mr. Prigozhin and members of his Wagner organisation. According to official news sources, the group was getting ready to hand over military equipment to the Russian Army as the Kremlin makes a concerted to effort to put the mutiny behind it.
The Wagner group and Mr. Prigozhin did not immediately respond to the news that the probe had come to a close. There were also few specifics regarding the amount of Wagner’s equipment that would be given up or the number of its fighters that would agree to serve under the Russian Army’s command, which Mr. Prigozhin recently estimated to be 25,000.
In a few sentences on Tuesday at the Kremlin, Mr. Putin acknowledged that some Russian airmen had “died in the confrontation with the mutineers,” but he also commended them for performing their duties. A visibly furious Mr. Putin described the rebellion as “blackmail” that had been “doomed to failure” in a speech that was broadcast on Monday night, but he omitted mentioning to Mr. Prigozhin, his former buddy.
Wagner forces wouldn’t protect the nuclear weapons Russia stationed in Belarus, according to Mr. Lukashenko. It was still unknown on Tuesday whether any of the mercenary group’s members had arrived, despite the fact that he claimed to have provided them a “abandoned” military station in the nation.
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