Reuters: 'We Didn't Want to Overthrow Government' - Prigozhin, in First Comments Since Mutiny
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that a one-day mutiny by his Wagner force had been intended not to overthrow Russia's government but to register a protest over what he said was its ineffectual conduct of the war in Ukraine.
In his first public comments since ending the mutiny late on Saturday, Prigozhin repeated his frequent claim that Wagner was the most effective fighting force in Russia "and even the world", and that it put to shame the units that Moscow had sent into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
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Wagner Group Leader Prigozhin Releases First Message Since The Mutiny
Live: We did not march to topple Putin, says Wagner chief -- BBC
Live: Prigozhin says mutiny aimed to save Wagner, not overthrow Russian government -- France 24
Wagner mercenary leader issues defiant audio statement as uncertainty swirls after mutiny -- AP
Wagner Group's Prigozhin releases 1st message since mutiny -- DW
Yevgeny Prigozhin says he did not want to overthrow Putin -- The Guardian
Prigozhin Claims He Wasn’t Trying to Overthrow Putin -- New York Times