Wagner chief says his march on Moscow ‘was a master class’ on how assault on Kyiv should have looked

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has broken his silence since ending his armed uprising on Saturday night, claiming his march on Moscow was a “masterclass” on what Russia’s attack on Kiev should have looked like.

Prigozhin said in an 11-minute audio clip posted on Wagner-affiliated Telegram channels that he only called off his group’s attack on the Russian capital to avoid spilling Russian blood. the war in Ukraine, not to overthrow the government in Moscow.

He described his Wagner mercenaries as “perhaps the most experienced and most effective unit in Russia, possibly in the world,” and said his private military company had done “an enormous amount of work in the interest of Russia.”

And claimed that he had launched the uprising to “prevent the destruction of the Wagner group,” adding that they had been ordered to hand over their weapons to the Russian army and had also suffered casualties in air strikes by the Russian air force.

“The aim of the campaign was to prevent the destruction of the Wagner PMC and to bring to justice those who, through their unprofessional actions, committed a large number of mistakes during the special military operation,” said Prigozhin.

It comes despite reports from Meduza claiming that the mercenary leader frantically called Putin on his way to Moscow after realizing he had made a mistake, only for the Russian leader to ignore his call and serve as a chilling reminder to whom is in charge.