Prigozhin Releases New Audio, Explains Why Wagner Stops Action, Claims All Russia Military Bases, Airfields Were Blocked In A Day

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and leader of the Wagner Criminal Private military group who led a short-lived mutiny against Russia military on Friday/Saturday has released new audio via Telegram, explaining why the coup was aborted.

Prigozhin in the broadcast released few hours ago as transcribed and translated by Dmitri, said, the Friday and Saturday action was not directed at Russia authorities but Russia military top officers.

Summary of Prigozhin’s audio broadcast on Monday reads in quote below:

What were the prerequisites for the March for Justice?
– PMC Wagner carries out tasks around the world. It was meant to stop existing on 1 July 2023. “Employees” all refused to sign the contract with MoD, only 1-2% decided to join the Russian army.

– The original plan was to go to Rostov on 30 July and transfer all vehicles to MoD, which were ready for transport.

– Despite any aggression, Wagner suffered a missile attack, followed by helicopter attack. Around 30 PMC Wagner fighters died. This triggered an immediate decision to move out early and respond militarily.

– Throughout the 24-hour march, one column went to Moscow, another to Rostov. They made 780 kilometres of progress in one day. They regret being forced to attack the army aircraft but the bombs were dropped which caused the response. During the march, all military objects on the way were blocked and disarmed. None of the military have died on the ground.

– The objective was to not allow destruction of Wagner and take to responsiblity those who with their unprofessional actions made a huge number of mistakes during the SMO. All the military met along the way supported this.

– Wagner stopped when the advanced storm unit deployed artillery, conducted reconnaissance and realised a lot of blood will be shed in an upcoming battle. They decided that demonstration of the protest was enough, and turned around.

– Factors that made Wagner turn around: first, they didn’t want to shed Russian blood. Secondly, they wanted to demonstrate their portest, not overtake the authority in Russia.

– Lukashenko offered to find solutions for further legal operation of Wagner legally. Columns turned aroound and went back to field camps.

– The march showed many things demonstrated before. Serious secruity concerns around the country. All military bases and airfields were blocked.

– If actions on 24 February 2022 were done by forces as trained as Wagner, the special operation could have ended in 1 day. This shows the level of organisation that the Russian army should be following.